Patent ID: 8571435

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner image carrier that rotates in a specified direction; a developing device comprising a toner supporting member that faces to a surface of the toner image carrier to form a developing area and that rotates in a same direction with the toner image carrier at the developing area; a transfer member for transferring a toner image from the surface of the toner image carrier onto a recording sheet; a guide for guiding a recording sheet to between the toner image carrier and the transfer member; and an air aspirator for aspirating air from the developing area and a location of the guide to a location of the transfer member, wherein the air aspirator causes a first airflow which carries toner from the developing area, and a second airflow which does not carry toner from the location of the guide, the second airflow prevents the first airflow from flowing to the location of the guide, and an opening is made at a position upstream from the guide with respect to a direction of the second airflow as an air inlet of the second airflow, wherein the guide comprises a first guide disposed by a side of a recording sheet path near the developing area and a second guide disposed by a side of the recording sheet path near the transfer member, the toner image carrier and the second guide form a path for the first airflow, and the first guide and the second guide form a path for the second airflow.