Patent ID: 7400841
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: an image forming unit that forms a toner image on a transfer medium in accordance with image data, the image forming unit including a fixing device that fixes the toner image on the transfer medium, the fixing device located downstream of the image forming unit in a sheet conveyance direction, and includes a heating member; a cooling duct opposite the rotary frame and located between the fixing device and the exposure device, the cooling duct extending in a longitudinal direction of the heating member; and a fan for discharging air from the cooling duct or pumping air into the cooling duct from the exterior of the image forming devices, the exposure device located above the fixing device such that the exposure device and the fixing device are opposed to and separated from each other, the exposure device irradiating the image forming unit with a laser light.