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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Takada, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Xubin Zhou, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Sambe, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an air blowing device, an apparatus body, and at least one developer container that has an outer periphery, that is disposed in the apparatus body, and that contains developer. The image forming apparatus has a first transport path that allows a recording medium having undergone heat fixing is transported therethrough and a second transport path that extends in a different direction from a direction of the first transport path and that allows the recording medium to be transported along the outer periphery of the at least one developer container. A space is formed between the at least one developer container and the second transport path. The air blowing device is disposed between the first transport path and the at least one developer container, causes air to flow through the space so as to blow the air toward the first transport path.