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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuji Hamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of cartridges, a fixing device, a fan and a duct. The duct guides air supplied from the fan to a predetermined cartridge closest to the fixing device of the plurality of cartridges. At one end side of the predetermined cartridge in the rotational axis direction, the duct includes a first part for discharging the air supplied from the fan in a first direction toward downward from upward to a top surface of the cartridge, and a second part for discharging the air supplied from the fan, above the top surface in a second direction along a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive member. The air discharged from the first part and the air discharged from the second part collide with each other above the top surface.