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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Nakayama, Kanagawa, 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, and a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet; and a mesh member that is provided on the air inlet and that collects fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.