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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kazunari Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yoshitsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Shimatate, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Yamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Sambe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Gonda, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, for forming an image with a fixing unit that fixes a toner image to a recording material and with a first transport path, includes: a first guide unit that guides one side of a recording material discharged from the fixing unit and transported through the first transport path; a second guide unit that guides the other side of the recording material transported thorough the first transport path; a blowing part through which gas is sent to the one side of the recording material transported through the first transport path; and a gas guiding part that faces the second guide unit with the first transport path interposed between the gas guiding part and the second guide unit and that guides, in a direction away from the first transport path, gas that is sent from the blowing part and whose traveling direction is changed by a recording material.