Patent ID: 8891998

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a fan that is configured to pull outside air into an apparatus body or to exhaust air inside the apparatus body to an outside; a first louver including a plurality of first rectifier vanes configured to direct airflow produced by the fan; a second louver that is located on an inner side of the apparatus body with respect to the first louver and faces the first louver in such a manner as to overlap the first louver in a direction of an axis of rotation of the fan, the second louver including a plurality of second rectifier vanes configured to direct the airflow produced by the fan; and deformable filler members located between the first louver and the second louver and attached to inner end faces of the respective first rectifier vanes or to outer end faces of the respective second rectifier vanes, wherein front surfaces of each of the first rectifier vanes and a corresponding one of the second rectifier vanes that is adjacent thereto extend in one plane inclining at a specific angle with respect to the axis of rotation of the fan, and wherein back surfaces of each of the first rectifier vanes and a corresponding one of the second rectifier vanes that is adjacent thereto extend in one plane inclining at a specific angle with respect to the axis of rotation of the fan.