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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masataka Oda, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355215 ; 355271 ; 355274 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a pair of guide plates below developing units and adjacent to a transfer portion, the transfer portion including a transfer charger and a separating charger each of which has a first slit to form first paths and each of the guide plates having at least one second slit to form a second path. The image forming apparatus further includes a suction fan so as to suck gas generated in the transfer portion through the first paths and atmosphere around developing device through the second path.