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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Ohta, Nagareyama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet, a fixing portion for fixing the toner image formed by the image forming portion on the sheet, a reversing portion for reversing the sheet carrying the toner image fixed by the fixing portion, a blower for blowing air, and a duct for guiding the air blown from the blower to the reversing portion. The duct is provided with an opening at an end in a width direction of the sheet, and the blower blows the air from a downstream side to an upstream side with respect to the feeding direction of the sheet after being reversed by the reversing portion.