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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Akamatsu, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first guide guiding one surface of a sheet downstream of a fixing unit fixing a toner image on the sheet and upstream of discharging rollers discharging the sheet to a stacking portion in a sheet conveying direction; a second guide facing the first guide, the second guide guiding the other surface of the sheet; protrusions with openings provided on the second guide in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; recesses provided on the first guide in the sheet width direction, the recesses facing the protrusions; and a blower unit blowing air toward the sheet via the openings provided on the second guide, wherein a corrugated shape is formed in the width direction on the sheet to which air is blown by the protrusions provided on the second guide and the recesses provided on the first guide.