Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Exhaust purification apparatus
An exhaust purification apparatus includes: a purification duct configured to purify air to be discharged from a ventilation port in an image forming apparatus, the purification duct including: at least one inlet communicating with an interior of the purification duct for connection with the ventilation port in the image forming apparatus; an outlet configured to discharge air inside the purification duct to the outside; a fan configured to direct air from the inlet toward the outlet; a filter configured to recover particles in the air, the fan and the filter each being disposed in the purification duct at a position between the inlet and the outlet; an airflow detector configured to detect an airflow at the inlet; and a controller configured to execute a normal mode and an attachment determination mode.
Konica Minolta, Inc.
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inventional additional inventional
Shigeru Hiroshi Shoichi Kuniya Masahiro Masayuki
Tashiro Mizuno Yoshikawa Matsuura Yamaguchi Satou