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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:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hayato Wachi, Fukuoka, JP;
Youichi Idera, Fukuoka, JP;
Masaya Shitami, Fukuoka, JP;
Takanori Kitagawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus comprising a fuser assembly including a heating roller and a pressure roller for fixing a non-fixed image on paper, a duct located in the vicinity of the fuser assembly in parallel to an axis line of the heating roller, an exhaust outlet located on a first side wall of the duct at the fuser assembly side, wherein the exhaust outlet is provided to connect the fuser assembly and the duct, and a plane filter detachably attached to an inside wall of the duct in parallel to the inside wall.