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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Yoshinori Ohno, Toyokawa, JP;
Mitsuru Satou, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshinori Ohno, Toyokawa, JP;
Mitsuru Satou, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An intake fan () is provided on a side surface of an exposure device () provided below a plurality of image formation portions () far from a fixing unit (), and a ventilation path () is formed on a side surface of the exposure device () on a back side, and outside air sucked by the intake fan () into a body of an apparatus is fed through the ventilation path () to the back side of the image formation portion (K) closest to the fixing unit (). The air flows through a space between a division plate () and the image formation portions () toward a discharge fan (), and the image formation portions () are air-cooled sequentially from the image formation portion (K). Thus, it is possible to effectively air-cool the image formation portions without increasing the size of the apparatus.