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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Mizutani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a dust collecting unit is disposed in the front side of image forming units. The dust collecting unit includes a dust collecting box and a fan. The dust collecting box is communicated with developer cases. The fan sucks air in the dust collecting box and discharges the air. The fan sucks air that has passed through a filter in the dust collecting box and discharges the air to an exhaust duct. The exhaust duct is disposed between a toner container and a fixing device and forms an air passage that extends in a front-rear direction to reach an opening portion provided in the rear side. The air is discharged to an outside of the apparatus from the opening portion.