Patent ID: 8712278

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a process unit having a charger that charges a photosensitive member; a fixing unit having a heat source for thermally fixing a developer image formed on a recording sheet by the process unit; an apparatus body configured to accommodate the process unit and the fixing unit and having an ejection port above the fixing unit, the ejection port being used for ejecting the recording sheet ejected from the fixing unit to the outside of the image forming apparatus; and an exhaust fan configured to discharge air inside the apparatus body to the outside of the image forming apparatus, the exhaust fan being disposed at a fixing-unit side of the process unit and being disposed lower than both the charger and the heat source such that air entering through the ejection port from outside the image forming apparatus flows through the fixing unit and is discharged by the exhaust fan, wherein the process unit comprises a plurality of process units, wherein the plurality of process units are arranged such that the chargers are arranged horizontally, and wherein a gap between the process units is formed slantwise relative to a vertical direction to provide a communication path to the exhaust fan such that ozone descending gravitationally from the plurality of process units is discharged by the exhaust fan.