Patent ID: 9164478
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an apparatus main body; an image forming unit provided in the apparatus main body and configured to form an image on a transfer-receiving member while conveying the transfer-receiving member from a first side to a second side; a fixing device disposed to be spaced apart from the image forming unit in the apparatus main body and on a side of the image forming unit closer to the second side, and configured to fix the image formed on the transfer-receiving member; a first conveying path formation member, disposed between the image forming unit and the fixing device in the apparatus main body, and configured to form a first conveying path along which the transfer-receiving member is conveyed from the image forming unit to the fixing device, wherein the first conveying path formation member includes: a second conveying path formation member disposed below the image forming unit, the first conveying path formation member and the fixing device, and configured to form a second conveying path along which the transfer-receiving member having an image fixed thereto is conveyed, wherein the second conveying path formation member includes: