Patent ID: 6522847
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an outer housing having an external communication opening; a recording medium transfer unit which transfers a recording medium from a lower portion of the outer housing to an upper portion thereof; an image forming unit which comprises at least one corona discharge member, and which forms an image on the recording medium transferred by the transfer unit; a hollow air ejection passage body which is formed independently of the outer housing, which extends at a height level below the corona discharge member from a vicinity of the image forming unit to the external communication opening of the outer housing, and which comprises at least one air inlet port opened in a vicinity of and under the at least one corona discharge member and an air ejection port opened at the external communication opening; and an air transferring device which is provided in the air ejection passage body, and which sucks air into the air ejection passage body through the at least one air inlet port and ejects air to the external communication opening of the outer housing from the air ejection port of the air ejection passage body.