IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a developing device disposed in the housing and including a container that contains a developer, a transport member that rotates to transport the developer in the container, and bearing units that bear a shaft of the transport member, a ventilator dispo...

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Main Authors YAMASAKI, Shunsuke, SHIMATATE, Yuta
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.09.2024
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a developing device disposed in the housing and including a container that contains a developer, a transport member that rotates to transport the developer in the container, and bearing units that bear a shaft of the transport member, a ventilator disposed in the housing to pass by at least a rear end of the developing device in a longitudinal direction of the developing device and having a channel space through which air outside the housing flows in and is then discharged out of the housing, and a thermal conductor that is provided to the ventilator and transfers heat of the bearing unit at least at the rear end of the developing device to at least the ventilator by being in contact with a part of the bearing unit.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202318357233