Projector with a sealed structure having an air-circulation path

Abstract

A projector includes: an optical component; a sealed structure within which the optical component casing is disposed, the sealed structure including: a loop air-circulation path in which air is circulated; an optical component casing having an inlet for the air to flow into the optical component casing and an outlet for the air to flow out of the optical component casing; a plurality of ducts that introduces the air into the optical component casing through the inlet and re-introduces the air flowing out of the optical component casing through the outlet into the optical component casing through the inlet; and a heat radiator having a heat-receiving member disposed inside the sealed structure to receive the heat of the air within the sealed structure and a heat-conducting member that penetrates an inside and an outside of the sealed structure, the heat-conducting member having a first end disposed inside the sealed structure and coupled to the heat-receiving member in a heat-transferable manner to transfer the heat of the heat-receiving member to a second end of the heat-conducting member disposed outside the sealed structure; and a circulation fan that circulates the air within the loop air-circulation path.