Patent ID: 9304471
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a discharge tray on which a sheet having been subjected to a fixing process for thermally fixing a toner image on the sheet is discharged; a plurality of ribs formed on the discharge tray; a ventilation duct formed on a side of an end among opposite ends of each of the plurality of ribs; a ventilation hole formed in a partition wall separating the ventilation duct from a sheet mounting area of the discharge tray, and formed in a vicinity of the end of each of the plurality of ribs on the partition wall side; and an air flow generating portion configured to generate, via the ventilation duct, air flow between outside of an apparatus main body and spaces between the ribs, wherein the ventilation hole is larger in width than each of the plurality of ribs, and the plurality of ribs are arranged such that, in each area of a surface of the partition wall including the ventilation hole in width direction thereof, the surface and the end of each of the plurality of ribs on the partition wall side are on a same plane.