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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Michibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshinori Ohno, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air cleaner having a filter, causing air to pass through the filter and discharging the filtered air. The air cleaner includes: an air duct having an inlet via which air is received and an outlet facing a first part of a main surface of the filter and via which the received air is output towards the first part of the main surface; a fan causing air to be received by the air duct via the inlet, to be output from the air duct via the outlet, and to pass through the filter; and a flow distributer disposed between the outlet and the filter. The flow distributer changes a direction of flow of air output from the air duct from towards the first part of the main surface to towards a second part of the main surface of the filter that does not facing the outlet.