Patent ID: 9291995
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing; an image forming section that is provided within the housing and that is configured to form an image onto a recording medium; an output section configured to output the recording medium, having the image formed thereon by the image forming section, outward from the housing; a loading section configured such that the recording medium output from the output section is loaded on the loading section, a cooling unit configured to allow air to flow between an interior of the housing and the loading section via the air hole so as to cool a surface, which faces the loading section, of the recording medium loaded on the loading section, wherein the loading section includes a reference surface and a protrusion that protrudes from the reference surface and that has a receiving surface configured to receive the output recording medium, wherein the air hole is provided in a surface of the protrusion that is different from the receiving surface, wherein the image forming apparatus is configured such that the output recording medium is loaded in a state where a portion of the output recording medium protrudes from the receiving surface so that a surface, which faces the loading section, of the protruding portion is cooled, wherein the loading section further has a recess that is provided at a side of the protrusion and that is recessed from the reference surface, and wherein a cooling flow path is ensured by positioning an edge of the recording medium loaded on the loading section within the recess so that the air flowing via the air hole travels between the edge of the recording medium and the recess.