Patent ID: 8228513
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording-medium stacking portion provided in a body portion or an upper portion of the image forming apparatus, the recording-medium stacking portion that stacks recording media on which respective images are formed thereon; a recording-medium ejection portion that ejects the recording medium in a recording-medium ejection direction to the recording-medium stacking portion; and a suctioning/exhausting unit located with respect to the recording-medium stacking portion in a direction, which is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction and parallel to a surface of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion, wherein the suctioning/exhausting unit includes an inlet on a rear side and an outlet on a back surface of the image forming apparatus, an axis perpendicular to the rear side is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction, and the suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air emitted from the recording medium after the recording medium has passed through the recording-medium ejection portion.