Patent ID: 7890014

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing device configured to fix an image on a sheet by heat; a pair of conveying rotary members configured to convey the sheet on which the image has been fixed by the fixing device in a sheet conveying direction while nipping the sheet at a nipping portion of the pair of conveying rotary members; a conveying path through which the sheet is conveyed by the pair of conveying rotary members; a blowing device configured to blow air; and an air duct configured to guide the air from the blowing device, wherein the air duct is configured (i) to guide air to flow onto the conveying path downstream of the nipping portion in the sheet conveying direction and (ii) to prevent air from flowing onto the conveying path upstream of the nipping portion in the sheet conveying direction, and a part of an end portion of the air duct in the air flowing direction faces an outer peripheral surface of one of the pair of conveying rotary members.