Patent ID: 8831464

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing; a detection unit provided in the housing to detect temperature or humidity; an image forming section provided in the housing to form an image, and including a detected portion to be detected by the detection unit; a first air inlet provided in the housing; a suction unit that sucks air outside of the housing through the first air inlet; a duct provided at a position influenced by temperature or humidity of the detected portion and including an entrance from which air flows in and an exit from which air flows out, the duct allowing the air sucked by the suction unit to pass therethrough; and a second air inlet and an air outlet provided in the housing, wherein the detection unit is provided at a position on a first path of air flowing into the housing through the second air inlet and on a second path of the air that has passed through the duct, wherein air flowing in through the second air inlet and the air that has passed through the duct are exhausted from the air outlet, wherein the detection unit is provided between the second air inlet and the air outlet, and wherein the second air inlet and the air outlet are both provided at an exit side of the duct.