Image forming apparatus including a suction/exhaust unit

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2006-10-18

2009-10-13

Brase, Sandra L (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Internal machine environment

Forced air circulation

C399S092000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07603051

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a recoding-medium stacking portion, a recording-medium ejecting portion and a auctioning/exhausting unit. The recording-medium ejecting portion ejects a recording medium on which an image is formed, to the recording-medium stacking portion. The suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air in a vicinity of the recording-medium ejecting portion. The suctioning/exhausting unit exhausts the suctioned air though a filter to an outside of a main body of the image forming apparatus.

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