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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:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Takashi Fujita, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiromasa Katayama, Toride, JP;
Koji Nojima, Abiko, JP;
Kiyoshi Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Fujita, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiromasa Katayama, Toride, JP;
Koji Nojima, Abiko, JP;
Kiyoshi Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To remove also VOC gas generated from the discharged sheets, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet; a tray on which sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit are stacked; a suction device which sucks air from the surrounding space of sheets stacked up on the tray; and a VOC removing unit which removes VOC contained in the air sucked by the sucking device.