| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of sufficiently exhibiting a cooling effect to cool a transferred material by an air blowing means for blowing air to a reverse conveyance path. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a housing M1; a fixing part; a discharge conveyance path 510 for discharging the transferred material outside the housing M1; a reverse conveyance path 520; a joint conveyance path 530 for joining the transferred material to the discharge conveyance path 510; the air blowing means 551 for blowing the air A to the reverse conveyance path 520; a conveyance path switching means 540 for switching the conveyance destination of the transferred material between the discharge conveying path 510 and the reverse conveyance path 520; first ventilation openings 560 formed in a reverse conveying path forming member 521 that forms the reverse conveyance path 520; second ventilation openings 570 and third ventilation openings 580 separately formed in a pair of joint conveyance path forming members 531 and 532 for forming the joint conveyance path 530; and an air discharging means 552 for discharging the air A outside the housing M1 through the first, second and third ventilation openings 560, 570 and 580. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |
