Blower pipe, blowing device, and image forming apparatus

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Patent No.: US 9,658,558
App. No.: 13/446,725
Granted: May 23, 2017
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Provided is a blower pipe with an inlet, an outlet, a passage part formed with a passage space to cause air to flow therein, and suppressing parts that are provided in different parts in a direction in which air in the passage space of the passage part is caused to flow and that suppress the flow of the air, wherein an outlet suppressing part constructed so that the passage space in the outlet is closed by a permeable member dotted with ventilation portions is provided in the outlet of the passage part as one of the suppressing parts, and wherein the permeability of an end region present at least at one end in the lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction among regions along the longitudinal direction of the opening shape of the outlet is set to a smaller value than the permeability of regions other than the end region.

Claims (54)

1. A blower pipe, comprising:

an inlet that takes in air;

an outlet that has an opening shape different from an opening shape of the inlet;

a passage part,

wherein air entering the inlet passes through the passage part and to the outlet;

a first suppressing member oriented on the passage part and oriented further upstream, in an airflow direction, than the outlet,

wherein the first suppressing member suppresses an airflow flowing through a passage space of the passage part;

a second suppressing member having a first area and a second area,

wherein the second suppressing member is a permeable member,

wherein the second suppressing member is disposed so as to shield the outlet and suppress an airflow at the outlet,

wherein the second suppressing member comprises a perforated plate having a plurality of through holes disposed within the first area,

wherein the second area is an area disposed along a longitudinal direction of the opening of the outlet and is placed in a position in a lateral direction of the opening of the outlet in which airflow is relatively faster, the second area being in a location where airflow is faster relative to the first area, and

wherein a permeability of the second area is lower than that of the first area.

2. The blower pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the passage part further comprises a bending part, the second suppressing member is downstream, in the airflow direction, of the bending part, the first suppressing member is upstream, in an airflow direction, of the bending part, and the second area is placed within the outlet, and inside of an outside part of the bending part.

3. The blower pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second area is between 5-20% of a length of the second suppressing member as measured along the lateral direction of the outlet.

4. The blower pipe according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the second area is between 5-20% of a length of the second suppressing member as measured along the lateral direction of the outlet.

5. A blower device comprising:

a blower that supplies air; and

an inlet that takes in air from the blower;