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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Shimatate, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yoshitsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunari Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Gonda, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Sambe, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms, with a developer containing toner, a toner image on a recording material; a fixing unit that fixes a toner image formed at the image forming section to a recording material; a recovery unit that recovers waste powder containing toner discharged from the image forming section; and a gas circulation unit in which gas for cooling the vicinity of the image forming section or the vicinity of the fixing unit circulates and that has a portion disposed between the recovery unit and the fixing unit.