Patent ID: 9405273
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device disposed downstream of the image forming section in a sheet conveyance direction and configured to apply heat and pressure to the sheet to fix the toner image as unfixed yet to the sheet; a sheet conveyance path that has a first sheet conveyance surface portion and a second sheet conveyance surface portion and that guides the sheet to a sheet exit port after the sheet passes through the fixing device; a conveyance unit constituting the first sheet conveyance surface portion and having an air introducing hole in communication with the sheet conveyance path; a first cooling fan disposed within the conveyance unit and configured to suck air within the sheet conveyance path through the air introducing hole; a second cooling fan having a sucking port and a blowing port and configured to blow air at the sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path; and a conveyance guide member fitted to the conveyance unit and configured to switch a conveyance direction of the sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path, wherein an exhaust port is located in the second sheet conveyance surface portion, the second cooling fan is disposed opposite to a reverse surface of the second sheet conveyance surface portion, sucks air inside a main body of the image forming apparatus through the sucking port, and blows out the sucked air from the blowing port to blow air flow toward the sheet conveyance path through the exhaust port, and the first cooling fan blows at a reverse surface of the conveyance guide member the air sucked from the air introducing hole from below the conveyance guide member.