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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Masahito Saeki, Nagoya, JP;
Hirotaka Tatematsu, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a fan cover including a wall portion disposed to overlap a rotational axis of a fan in an axis direction along the rotational axis, the wall portion extending in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the axis direction, a first section disposed on one side relative to the wall portion in the orthogonal direction, the first section having a first opening disposed on one side relative to the fan in the axis direction and on the one side relative to the rotational axis in the orthogonal direction, and a second section disposed on an other side relative to the wall portion in the orthogonal direction, the second section having a second opening disposed on the one side relative to the fan in the axis direction and on the other side relative to the rotational axis in the orthogonal direction.