Image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9335736
APP PUB NO 20160004218A1
SERIAL NO

14789172

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An image forming apparatus having: an inside-air duct having a first inlet to an inside of the image forming apparatus; a first ventilator provided in the inside-air duct; an outside-air duct having a second inlet to an outside of the image forming apparatus; a common duct into which the inside-air duct and the outside-air duct are merged; a second ventilator provided in at least one of the outside-air duct and the common duct; a filter provided in the common duct; and a control section that retrieves information indicative of an flow rate in the inside-air duct and increases a pressure produced by the second ventilator based on the retrieved information such that an flow rate in the outside-air duct is substantially constant with respect to an increase of the flow rate in the inside-air duct.

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  • KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Satou, Masayuki Toyohashi, JP 43 214
Tashiro, Shigeru Toyokawa, JP 25 566
Umemoto, Hiroaki Neyagawa, JP 23 67
Yamaguchi, Masahiro Toyokawa, JP 171 2297
Yoshikawa, Shoichi Okazaki, JP 44 236

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