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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Chiba, JP;
Tomoki Hasegawa, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a housing and an image forming unit. The housing includes a protective member with a protective state in which the protective member is protecting a protection target and a non-protective state in which the protective member is not protecting the protection target, an intake port, a duct for guiding air taken in from the intake port to the image forming unit and guide the air from the image forming unit to outside of the housing, an exhaust port connected to the duct and for discharging the air to outside of the housing, a fan provided in a section from the intake port to the exhaust port in the duct and for assisting intake, discharging or both of intake and discharging of the air, and a processor for controlling the one fan.