US Patent Issued to Sharp on Jan. 13 for "Image forming device capable of suppressing temperature rise of a member disposed near a fixing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,947, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Image forming device capable of suppressing temperature rise of a member disposed near a fixing device" was invented by Hideaki Kadowaki (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming device includes: a fixing device including a heat source that thermally fixes a toner image formed on a sheet P; a cleaning device that holds toner inside and conveys held toner; and a heat shield that shields heat from the fixing device to the cleaning device. The heat shield includes: a ventilation channel, and a duct including a hollow. The heat shield is disposed betw...