US 11,693,360 B2
Image forming apparatus having fan to suck air through a gap between exterior covers
Ryoichi Kawasumi, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,444.
Claims priority of application No. JP2021-081508 (JP), filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365480 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/206 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1645 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a first exterior cover provided on a front surface of the image forming apparatus so as to be openable and closable;
a second exterior cover provided on a side surface of the image forming apparatus;
a third exterior cover fixed on a front surface side of the image forming apparatus and above the first exterior cover in a vertical direction; and
a fan configured to suck outside air through a gap formed between the first exterior cover and the second exterior cover,
wherein in a state where the first exterior cover is closed, the gap formed between the first exterior cover and the second exterior cover is larger than a gap formed between the third exterior cover and the second exterior cover.