Patent ID: 6892040

Claim:
A cooling apparatus of an image forming apparatus having a body having a bottom, a fusing unit, and opposite frames disposed on opposite sides of the bottom to support the fusing unit, comprising: a paper discharging unit disposed higher than the fusing unit with respect to the bottom to communicate with the fusing unit through a paper feeding path; a cooling fan which emits heat in the image forming apparatus to an outside of the image forming apparatus, is installed in one of the opposite frames, is disposed on the paper feeding path between the fusing unit and the paper discharging unit in a first direction, in which a sheet of paper is discharged from the fusing unit, and induces air from the image forming apparatus to flow to the outside; and a first opening that is positioned on the paper feeding path in the other frame other than the one of the opposite frames in which the cooling fan is installed, the cooling fan drawing external air through the first opening, into the image forming apparatus, and across the fusing unit in the first direction.