Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

2005-10-18

2008-12-23

Hopkins, Robert A (Department: 1797)

Gas separation: apparatus

Solid sorbent apparatus

Plural diverse separating means

C055S385100, C055S471000, C055S486000, C422S177000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07468099

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that forms a toner image on a recording material, in which the image forming portion is provided in a main body of the image forming apparatus, a heating apparatus that heats the toner image on the recording material, the heating apparatus being provided in the main body, a discharge path for discharging air in the main body to an exterior, an adsorption filter provided in the discharge path and capable of removing, by adsorption, a compound in the air discharged through the discharge path, and a catalyst filter provided in the discharge path and capable of removing, by a catalytic decomposition, a compound in the discharged air. The catalyst filter is provided at a downstream side of the adsorption filter, along a direction of air discharge.

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European Office Action dated Nov. 6, 2007, in European Application No. 05 022 455.9.

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