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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yoshitsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunari Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Shimatate, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Sambe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Gonda, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body that includes an image formation unit forming an image on a recording material, a fixation unit that includes a fixing unit fixing the image formed by the image formation unit onto the recording material and that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body, a first duct that is attached to the fixation unit to face the fixing unit and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows, and a second duct that is attached to the apparatus main body to be adjacent to the first duct and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows.