Patent ID: 7020411
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: image forming means for forming a toner image on a sheet; fixing means for applying heat to the sheet on which the toner image has been formed by said image forming means so as to fix the toner image to the sheet; delivering and stacking means on which the sheet, on which the toner image has been fixed by said fixing means, is to be delivered and stacked; and heat exhausting means provided in a vicinity of said fixing means and said delivering and stacking means, for exhausting air from surroundings of said fixing means and air from surroundings of said delivering and stacking means from a side portion of a main body of the apparatus, wherein air vents are provided between said fixing means and said heat exhausting means and between said delivering and stacking means and said heat exhausting means, respectively, and wherein said delivering and stacking means is disposed above said fixing means, and said image forming apparatus further comprises a sheet transport path arranged in a vertical direction between said fixing means and said delivering and stacking means, said sheet transport path having an air vent.