Patent ID: 6913361

Claim:
A projector device housed in a casing, comprising: an optical unit for receiving light from a light source and producing an image-forming beam; a lamp unit comprising the light source of the optical unit and cooling means for cooling the light source; and a cooling unit for cooling the optical unit, housed in a housing and disposed independently from the cooling means of the lamp unit, the projector device projecting the image-forming beam forward from the optical unit, wherein the housing of the cooling unit has at least one intake in communication with an air inlet hole formed in the casing for drawing in air from outside, at least one air discharge opening for forcing out air toward the optical unit, and an air channel partitioned from the inside space of the casing and extending from the intake to the air discharge opening, a plurality of cooling fans being provided in the air channel so that only the air drawn in through the air inlet hole and the intake from outside the casing is forced out of the air discharge opening against the optical unit to thereby cool the optical unit.