Patent ID: 8817282

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an in-body copy receiving portion including a copy receiving tray to stack image-formed sheets thereon, the in-body copy receiving portion being disposed in a main body of the image forming apparatus; a scanner portion capable of reading a document, the scanner portion being disposed above the in-body copy receiving portion; and an air blow portion that generates an airflow between a maximum sheet loadable position on the copy receiving tray and the scanner portion so as to flow along an entire bottom face of the scanner portion, wherein the in-body copy receiving portion includes: an opening to let air in the in-body copy receiving portion from the air blow portion; and an exhaust portion to exhaust the airflow in the in-body copy receiving portion at a most downstream part of the airflow to an outside of the in-body copy receiving portion, the opening and the exhaust portion are disposed between the maximum sheet loadable position on the copy receiving tray and the bottom face of the scanner portion, and opposed to each other through the bottom face of the scanner portion; and the airflow is generated from the opening to the exhaust portion and flows along the entire bottom face of the scanner portion, whereby a heat shielding layer is formed to prevent heat in the in-body copy receiving portion from reaching the bottom face of the scanner portion.