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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Nagao, Koganei, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00214 (2021.01);
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus which can improve the heating stability of the recording material in the heating unit is provided. An image-forming apparatus constitutes an image forming apparatus having: a recording-material heating unit disposed in an upstream side of an image-former; a chassis that covers the recording-material heating unit; a pressurizer that is provided in the chassis and increases an air pressure in the chassis; and a gas inflow opening that is provided in the chassis and supplies air to the pressurizer from outside the chassis.