US 12,474,665 B2
Image forming apparatus having first and second inner cover with duct arrangement
Shogo Terakawa, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/795,435.
Application 18/795,435 is a continuation of application No. 18/187,979, filed on Mar. 22, 2023, granted, now 12,085,883.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-051433 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0393734 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1633 (2013.01) [G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1645 (2013.01); G03G 2221/169 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a casing;
an image forming unit disposed in the casing;
an outer cover configured to be arranged in an open state and a closed state with respect to the casing;
a first inner cover made of resin and arranged to face an inner side of the outer cover in the closed state, the first inner cover including a first duct;
a second inner cover made of resin and arranged to face the inner side of the outer cover in the closed state, the second inner cover including a second duct; and
a seal configured to seal a joint between the first duct and the second duct.