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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Teruyo Ryuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teruyo Ryuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a duct, a fan, a filter, and a guide duct. Air flows through the duct from an intake port in a front face of an apparatus body toward a first exhaust port in a rear face of the apparatus body. The fan takes in and exhausts the air via the intake port and the first exhaust port. The filter removes a foreign object from the air. The guide duct is provided at the rear face and covers one of the first exhaust port and a second exhaust port from which exhaust air containing an odorous component is exhausted. The second exhaust port is provided at the rear face. The guide duct guides the exhaust air from one of the exhaust ports upward in a vertical direction while keeping the exhaust air separated from a passage of the exhaust air from the other exhaust port.