Patent ID: 9002231
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main frame having an inhaling unit formed at one side of the main frame and an exhaust unit formed at another side of the main frame; a medium feeding unit supported by the main frame and configured to supply a print medium; an image forming unit supported by the main frame and configured to form an image on the print medium supplied by the medium feeding unit; a fixing unit supported by the main frame and configured to fix the image formed by the image forming unit on the print medium; a channel extended along a lengthwise direction of the fixing unit, between the image forming unit and the fixing unit, and configured to guide air inhaled through the inhaling unit to move to the exhaust unit so that the air in the channel is exhausted to an exterior through the exhaust unit; and a guide member installed between the image forming unit and the fixing unit within the channel, and having a configuration so that none of the air inhaled through the inhaling unit is guided by the guide member toward the fixing unit, wherein the guide member comprises a plurality of ribs configured to guide the air inhaled through the inhaling unit to the image forming unit; wherein each rib comprises a first guide unit arranged at a side of the inhaling unit and extended parallel to an extending direction of the channel, and a second guide unit bent from end of the first guide unit toward the image forming unit; and wherein the first guide units are equal length.