Patent ID: 11960223
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus main body that includes an image formation unit forming an image on a recording material;
a fixation unit that includes a fixing unit fixing the image formed by the image formation unit onto the recording material and that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body;
a first duct that is attached to the fixation unit to face the fixing unit and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows; and
a second duct that is attached to the apparatus main body to be adjacent to the first duct and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows,
wherein the gas is sucked into the first duct at a position closer to an outside of the apparatus main body in comparison with the second duct.