Patent ID: 8005393

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a first conveying path which guides a sheet onto which an image is fixed; a second conveying path which is branched from the first conveying path in a branching portion; a third conveying path which joins the first conveying path on the downstream of the branching portion; an air blowout portion which is arranged so as to blow out air toward the image surface of the sheet guided in the first conveying path; a pair of first guides which forms the first conveying path and is formed with a first opening so that the air blown out from the air blowout portion can pass through the first conveying path; a pair of second guides which forms the second conveying path and is formed with a second opening which can introduce the air into the second conveying path; and a pair of third guides which forms the third conveying path and is formed with a third opening which can introduce the air into the third conveying path, wherein the air which has passed through the first opening of the pair of first guides is deflected to one pair of guides of the pair of the second guides and the pair of the third guides by the other pair of guides.