Patent ID: 8725024

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an apparatus main body, the apparatus main body being a substantially rectangular parallelepipedic housing; an image forming station arranged in the apparatus main body to perform an image forming process to form an image on a recording sheet; a fixing unit arranged in the apparatus main body to perform a fixing process to fix the image to the recording sheet by heat; a first conveyance path for conveying the recording sheet via the image forming station and the fixing unit; a second conveyance path for conveying the recording sheet having the fixing process performed thereon to an upstream side of the image forming station in the case of performing the image forming process on both sides of the recording sheet; a first cover openably and closably attached to the apparatus main body, the first cover being a manual feed tray on which a recording sheet to be conveyed to the first conveyance path is to be placed and the first cover being openably and closably attached to the housing; and a second cover for covering the second conveyance path, the second cover being openably and closably attached to the apparatus main body and openable and closable when the first cover is in an open state and the second cover including a fan for supplying an air stream to the second conveyance path.