Patent ID: 8145117

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing unit that is configured to fix a developing material on a sheet; a plurality of pairs of rollers configured to discharge the sheet conveyed from the fixing unit; and a sheet detection unit configured to detect the sheet conveyed from the fixing unit, the sheet detection unit comprising an actuator which moves in response to contact from the sheet conveyed for detecting the sheet conveyed from the fixing unit, wherein the actuator of the sheet detection unit is disposed between the fixing unit and the plurality of the pairs of rollers on a conveyance path and is disposed within a width of one of the rollers when viewed from a sheet conveyance direction, wherein the plurality of the pairs of rollers are provided in a same position in the sheet conveyance direction, wherein the plurality of the pairs of the rollers include an opposed roller that is opposed to the actuator, and wherein a groove section into which the actuator enters in response to contact from the sheet conveyed is formed on an outer periphery of the opposed roller, the groove section extending in a circumferential direction of the opposed roller.