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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Masato Onishi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
Image forming apparatus () including: external cover () covering outer side of side wall of housing () storing image forming portion (), and having exhaust outlet (); equipment storage space () formed between side wall () of housing () and external cover (); opening () formed in side wall () and allowing inside of housing () to communicate with equipment storage space (S); exhaust fan () disposed in equipment storage space (S) and taking in air from housing () via opening () and exhausting air from exhaust outlet (); heat generating equipment () disposed in equipment storage space (S); and duct () connecting air outlet () of exhaust fan () and exhaust outlet (). Communicating portion (), which allows inside and outside of duct () to communicate with each other, is formed in wall of duct () located on heat generating equipment () side.