Patent ID: 8320807
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for use with at east one sheet comprising: a first rotary body; a second rotary body provided to face the first rotary body, wherein the first rotary body and the second rotary body form a nip portion by coming in contact with each other to rotate, at which the sheet bearing a toner image is conveyed while being heated and pressed, thereby fixing the toner image onto the sheet; a first nozzle which blows air to a first air blowing position established on a circumferential surface of the first rotary body and established on a side of an outlet of the nip portion; a second nozzle which blows air to a second air blowing position established on a circumferential surface of the second rotary body and established downstream of the first air blowing position in a traveling direction of the sheet; an air supplying section which supplies air to the first and second nozzles; and a controller which controls a start timing and a stop timing of blowing the air to the first and seconds nozzles by controlling the air supplying section, wherein the controller controls the air supplying section so that an air blowing from the first nozzle is started when a leading edge of the sheet reaches the outlet of the nip portion, and an air blowing from the second nozzle is started when the leading edge of the sheet reaches the first air blowing position.