Patent ID: 8660457
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a duct through which air flows from an intake port formed in a front face of an apparatus body toward a first exhaust port formed in a rear face of the apparatus body; a fan that takes in the air via the intake port and exhausts the air via the first exhaust port so as to generate an air flow; a filter that removes a foreign object from the air taken in or exhausted by the fan; and a guide duct that is provided at the rear face of the apparatus body and that covers one of the first exhaust port and a second exhaust port from which exhaust air containing an odorous component produced inside the apparatus body is exhausted, the second exhaust port being provided at the rear face of the apparatus body, the guide duct guiding the exhaust air from one of the exhaust ports upward in a vertical direction while keeping the exhaust air separated from a passage of the exhaust air from the other exhaust port.