Patent ID: 9008535
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing unit comprising a heating rotational body, and configured to perform heat-fixing by putting a sheet having an unfixed-image formed thereon in contact with the heating rotational body; and a mechanism comprising a plate-like water droplet guiding member and a condensation collection container, and configured to receive water droplets at an upper surface of the water droplet guiding member, guide the water droplets towards the condensation collection container, and collect the water droplets at the condensation collection container, the water droplets generated above the fixing unit by condensation of water vapor that rises from the sheet during the heat-fixing and falling therefrom, wherein when viewing the image forming apparatus from above in a vertical direction, the condensation collection container is disposed outside a sheet passing region in a sheet width direction, the sheet passing region being a region that the sheet passes when being conveyed and the sheet width direction being perpendicular to a direction in which the sheet is conveyed.