Patent ID: 7706712
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming mechanism configured to form a toner image on a recording sheet; a toner fixing mechanism configured to heat the toner image on the recording sheet for fixing; and a cooling mechanism configured to cool down the heated recording sheet having the fixed toner image, the cooling mechanism including wherein the first and second air flow structures are arranged reversely side by side such that the air inlet, the air supply path, the air exhaust path, and the air outlet of the first air flow structure are adjacent to the air outlet, the air exhaust path, the air supply path, and the air inlet of the second air flow structure, respectively, and such that a flow of air through each of the first and second air flow structures is directed forwards relative to a rotation of the radiating fin and in same direction as the rotation of the radiating fin.