IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of removing creases on the clothes of a user by utilizing an operating time while a copying, a printing or the like is carried out. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism, a tank 11 for storing wat...

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Main Authors KONDO KAZUHISA, FUJII REIKO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.10.2006
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HOLOGRAPHY
LAUNDERING
LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
TEXTILES
TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of removing creases on the clothes of a user by utilizing an operating time while a copying, a printing or the like is carried out. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism, a tank 11 for storing water, a heater 12 for heating water, a fan 13 for expelling generated vapor out of the apparatus, and ejection openings 14 through which the vapor is ejected. Vapor is ejected toward clothes of a person using the apparatus and thus creases in the clothes of the person are removed. In this case, from the viewpoint of further improvement in safety and usability of the apparatus, it is preferable to provide a person detecting sensor S, thereby ejecting vapor from the ejection openings 14 when the sensor S detects a person standing in a predetermined position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20050113167