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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Daiju Yoshino, Toride, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a suction port, provided in a front side of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, for sucking air; an air flow guiding portion for guiding the air sucked through the suction port; and a sound source, provided in a rear side of the main assembly so as to oppose a space connected with the air flow guiding portion, for generating a sound used to notify an operator.