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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kawatani, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a fixing device that is disposed in the housing and that heats an unfixed image made of developer to fix the unfixed image to a recording medium; an exhaust device having an air inlet through which air heated by the fixing device is sucked, an air outlet through which the air sucked through the air inlet is discharged from the housing, a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet, and an air flow generator that generates an exhaust air flow in the flow path space; and plural mesh members that are located in a region between and including the air inlet and the air outlet and arranged in a direction in which the air flows, the mesh members collecting fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.