Patent ID: 11914320
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An image forming apparatus for forming an image with fixing means for fixing a toner image to a recording material and with a transport path, the image forming apparatus comprising:
first guide means for guiding one side of a recording material discharged from the fixing means and transported through the transport path;
second guide means for guiding the other side of the recording material transported thorough the transport path;
blowing means through which gas is sent to the one side of the recording material transported through the transport path; and
gas guiding means that faces the second guide means with the transport path interposed between the gas guiding means and the second guiding means and that guides, in a direction away from the transport path and upstream from the blowing means relative to a transport direction of the transport path, gas that is sent from the blowing means and whose traveling direction is changed by a recording material.