Patent ID: 8086131

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing device that fixes an unfixed image onto a sheet using heat; a pair of rotary members that conveys the sheet and is provided downstream of said fixing device in a sheet conveying direction, wherein said pair of rotary members is configured as heat absorption rollers to absorb heat from the sheet when where said pair of rotary members conveys the sheet; a sheet conveying path through which the sheet conveyed by said pair of rotary members passes, said sheet conveying path being provided downstream of a nip of said pair of rotary members in the sheet conveying direction; a blowing device that blows a cooling air, which cools said pair of rotary members; a blow-off portion, configured as a duct, that guides the cooling air from said blowing device toward one rotary member of said pair of rotary members, wherein a blow-off direction of the cooling air guided by the blow-off portion is a direction opposite to a rotation direction of a portion of said one rotary member of said pair of rotary members with which the cooling air collides; and an exhaust fan, provided at an opposite side of the sheet conveying path from said blow-off portion, which exhaust the cooling air that is guided by said blow-off portion and that flows across said sheet conveying path.