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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
May. 02, 1997
Jun Azuma, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Seietsu Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuo Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Niimura, Musashino, JP;
Yoshihiro Matsuo, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an image bearing member; and optical mechanism for projecting light corresponding to image information onto the image bearing member; a developer for developing a latent image formed on the image bearing member into a toner image; a transfer mechanism for transferring the toner image onto a recording material; a fixer for fixing the toner image transferred onto the recording material; a first support for supporting the recording material to be fed to the transfer mechanism; and a second support for supporting the recording material which has been subjected to a fixing operation of the fixer. Air ducts are provided along the back side supporting surfaces of the first support and the second support which overlap in a horizontal direction with the optical mechanism therebetween. A sheet feeding position, an image transfer position, and an image fixing position take lower positions in the order named.