Patent ID: 9201395
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of photosensitive drums; an intermediate transfer belt wound to a plurality of rollers and configured to be in contact with outer peripheral surfaces of the photosensitive drums such that toner images are transferred to the intermediate transfer belt from the outer peripheral surfaces of the photosensitive drums; a transfer section configured to transfer a toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a sheet; a cooling chamber configured to cool the intermediate transfer belt and defined immediately above the intermediate transfer belt; a fixing section arranged on one side of the cooling chamber and configured to fix to a sheet the toner image that the transfer section transfers to the sheet by heating the toner image; a cooling fan arranged on an opposite side to the one side of the cooling chamber and configured to introduce external air to the cooling chamber, and a frame having an exhaust port for releasing air in the cooling chamber and arranged on the opposite side of the cooling chamber, wherein the cooling fan is an axial fan, the axial fan rotates counterclockwise and is arranged in a right part of the cooling chamber when viewing the cooling chamber in an external air introducing direction in which the external air is introduced to the cooling chamber by the axial fan, and the exhaust port is arranged in a left part of the cooling chamber when viewing the cooling chamber in the external air introducing direction.