Patent ID: 9141080
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A drawer member that is capable of being drawn out from an image forming apparatus body, the drawer member comprising: a fixing unit that heats and fixes an image onto a recording medium; a first flow path that is formed around the fixing unit and that causes air that is heated by heat, which is discharged from the fixing unit, to circulate; a second flow path that is formed adjacent to the first flow path on a side opposite to the fixing unit and in which air having a temperature lower than a temperature of air, which circulates in the first flow path, circulates; and an opening/closing portion that includes a wall portion and that is capable of causing the fixing unit to be open or closed, the wall portion being positioned adjacent to the second flow path on a side opposite to a side on which the first flow path is disposed and forming part of the second flow path.