IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: GONDA YASUHISA, SAMBE TADAO, YOSHITSUGU KOJI, ISHII KAZUNARI, YAMAZAKI TOSHISUKE, SHIMADACHI YUTA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 05.10.2023
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

To suppress a decrease in visibility in a case where a fixing section is drawn out from an apparatus main body while maintaining cooling efficiency for the fixing section in comparison with a case where a fixing unit that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body is provided with a plurality of ducts.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus main body that has an image forming section for forming an image on a recording material; a fixing unit that has a fixing section for fixing the image formed by the image forming section onto the recording material and that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body; a first duct that is attached to the fixing unit to face the fixing section and through which a gas for cooling the fixing section flows; and a second duct that is attached to the apparatus main body to be adjacent to the first duct and through which the gas for cooling the fixing section flows.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】装置本体に対して着脱可能な定着ユニットに複数のダクトを設ける場合と比べて、定着部の冷却効率を維持しながら装置本体から定着部を引き出した際の視認性の低下を抑制する。【解決手段】画像形成装置は、記録材に画像を形成する画像形成部を有する装置本体と、画像形成部で形成された画像を記録材に定着させる定着部を有し、装置本体に対して着脱可能な定着ユニットと、定着部に対向するように定着ユニットに取り付けられ、定着部を冷却するための気体が流通する第１のダクトと、第１のダクトに隣接するように装置本体に取り付けられ、定着部を冷却するための気体が流通する第２のダクトとを備える。【選択図】図３