Patent ID: 8518138

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a duct through which air flows from an intake port formed in a front face of an apparatus body toward a first exhaust port formed in a rear face of the apparatus body; a fan that is provided in the duct and that takes in the air via the intake port and exhausts the air via the first exhaust port; a guide duct that is provided at the rear face of the apparatus body and that covers the first exhaust port and a second exhaust port via which exhaust air containing an odorous component produced inside the apparatus body is exhausted from the rear face of the apparatus body, the guide duct guiding the exhaust air from the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port upward in a vertical direction; and a filter that is provided in the guide duct downstream from the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port in the vertical direction and that removes the odorous component from the exhaust air exhausted from the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port.