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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Michihiro Shimadu, Toyota, JP;

Yusuke Okabe, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G03G 21/203 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus, having a main body housing including an air outlet opening, a photosensitive drum, a fuser to thermally fix toner transferred from the photosensitive drum to a sheet on the sheet, a fan to generate an airflow toward the air outlet opening, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to, in a continuous stage of printing continuous from a beginning stage, count a cumulative printed page number being a cumulative number of pages printed by the image forming apparatus, in a case where the cumulative printed page number is smaller than a first page number, control the fan to rotate at a first speed, and in a case where the cumulative printed page number is equal to or larger than the first page number, control the fan to rotate at a second speed, the second speed being higher than the first speed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shimadu, Michihiro. (2024). Image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 11947311). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11947311

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