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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Junya Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image forming apparatus in which the paper is cooled early by blowing air to the paper in the conveying path so as to prevent a sticking phenomenon on a paper output tray while paper turning, paper folding, paper breakage and paper jamming due to influence on paper conveyance by blowing air onto the paper in the conveying path, can be prevented. At the start of paper conveyance, a gateis turned upwards to a first position to thereby close a sixth conveying pathand establish communication between a first conveying pathand a second conveying pathso that the paper having passed through a fixing unitstarts to be conveyed from first conveying pathto second conveying path. At the same time, air is exhausted from an exhausting mechanismarranged upstream of a cooling mechanism. When a first paper sensordetects the leading end of the paper, a cooling fanstarts to rotate at a predetermined rotational rate to start blowing air at a predetermined volume of cooling airflow.