Patent ID: 8068759

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit including an image carrier on which a latent image is formed and a development device to develop the latent image; a transfer unit to transfer the image from the image carrier onto a sheet of recording media; a fixing device to fix the image on the sheet; a sheet transport unit to transport the sheet transported from the fixing device; a sheet stack portion on which the sheet on which the image is fixed is stacked; an air duct; and a liquid-cooling device, the liquid-cooling device comprising: a heat receiving member disposed in thermal contact with a first heated portion of the image forming apparatus, the heat receiving member including a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows; a heat releaser to release heat from the coolant; a circulation pipe connecting the heat receiving member and the heat releaser to circulate the coolant therebetween; a transport member connected to the circulation pipe to transport the coolant through the circulation pipe; and an airflow generator to generate airflow with external air taken into the image forming apparatus to cool the heat releaser, wherein the air duct guides the air taken by the airflow generator to a second heated portion of the image forming apparatus.