Patent ID: 6771917
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a first unit including a scanner which scans light on a document placed on a document table portion, and a photoelectric conversion device which receives the light reflected from the document by the scanning by the scanner and optically scans image information of the document; a second unit including an exposure unit which forms an electrostatic latent image by irradiating a laser beam on an image carrier in accordance with the image information scanned by the photoelectric conversion device; an image formation unit which forms a developer image by supplying a developing agent to the electrostatic latent image formed by the exposure unit; a transfer charger which transfers the developer image formed by the image formation unit onto an image-transferred member; an ejecting roller which ejects the image-transferred member onto which the developer image is transferred by the transfer charger to the outside; and a sheet receiving unit which receives the image-transferred member ejected from the ejecting roller, wherein the scanner is located above the ejecting roller; and a first air opening, which allows air to travel therethrough, located on a surface out of a plurality of surfaces which define a space formed between the first and second units, wherein the first air opening is located above a location at which the ejecting roller ejects the image-transferred member.