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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2023
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Shiodera, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Toshiyuki Kabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Nishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Takayuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Shiodera, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshinaga, Chiba, JP;
Toshiyuki Kabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Nishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Toyko, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a heating device, a recording medium ejector, a recording medium tray, an outer wall having an intake, and a filter. The heating device heats a recording medium having an image on one side of the recording medium. The recording medium ejector ejects the recording medium with the one side facing downward. On the recording medium tray, the recording medium ejected by the recording medium ejector is stacked. The intake is open toward the recording medium tray and is disposed at a position below the recording medium ejector. At the position, a maximum amount of recording media placeable on the recording medium tray does not cover at least a part of the intake. The filter collects foreign substances in air sucked from the intake.