Patent ID: 11880161
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming section that forms, with a developer containing toner, a toner image on a recording material;
a fixing unit that fixes a toner image formed at the image forming section to a recording material;
a recovery unit that recovers waste powder containing toner discharged from the image forming section; and
a gas circulation unit in which gas for cooling a vicinity of the image forming section or a vicinity of the fixing unit circulates and that has a portion disposed between the recovery unit and the fixing unit,
wherein, regarding the gas circulation unit, in a section perpendicular to a traveling direction of gas in the portion disposed between the recovery unit and the fixing unit, a length in a gravity direction extending along the recovery unit is larger than a length in a transport direction from the recovery unit toward the fixing unit, and
wherein the traveling direction of gas in the portion disposed between the recovery unit and the fixing unit is a depth direction of the image forming apparatus, and the depth direction is perpendicular to the gravity direction and the transport direction.