Patent ID: 8687996

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an upper section including an image forming section to form an image on a recording sheet; a lower section, arranged below the upper section, including a sheet supplying tray to stack a plurality of recording sheets; a partitioning body to separate the upper section and the lower section in a vertical direction, wherein the lower section includes a dehumidification device to heat the inside of the lower section and to dehumidify the recording sheets stacked on the sheet supplying tray, and wherein the partitioning body includes: a first shielding member to shield a bottom portion of the upper section; a second shielding member, separated from the first shielding member, to shield a top portion of the lower section; a clearance formed between the first shielding member and the second shielding member; an air blowing section to blow air into the clearance, and a guide rib which controls a flowing direction of air flowing through the clearance formed between the first shielding member and the second shielding member so that the first shielding member or the second shielding member is maintained at the same temperature.