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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Yabuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Tadayasu Sekioka, Toyohashi, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Keita Saito, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit receiving through an inlet a recording medium with a transferred toner image and heat fixing the toner image to the recording medium before discharging the recording medium from an outlet; a suction part for sucking the recording medium through a recording-medium suction opening, the recording medium conveyed on a recording medium conveyance path leading to the inlet; an exhaust passage for discharging to the outside a gas sucked by the suction part; and a filter disposed in the exhaust passage and serving to capture fine particles generated from the fixing unit and sucked in by the suction part.