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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:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Takefumi Adachi, Kawaguchi, JP;
Inventor:
Takefumi Adachi, Kawaguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An air exhaust device for use in an image forming apparatus includes a duct and a fan unit arranged in the duct. The duct includes a resilient holding member configured to resiliently hold the fan unit. The air exhaust device is arranged in a main body of the image forming apparatus.