Patent ID: 8886077

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a recording material; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording material by heat; a cooling air generating unit configured to generate a cooling air; an air supplying unit configured to supply the cooling air toward said image forming unit; primary and secondary water absorbing units configured to absorb water generated by said cooling air generating unit, said primary and secondary water absorbing units being arranged in a gravitational direction so that water which is not evaporated at said primary water absorbing unit is transferred to said secondary water absorbing unit through a first contact portion at which said primary and secondary water absorbing units contact each other; and an air blowing unit configured to blow air warmed by said fixing unit toward said primary and secondary water absorbing units to evaporate the water absorbed in said first and secondary water absorbing units; wherein said air blowing unit blows more air toward said primary water absorbing unit than said secondary water absorbing unit.