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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuaki Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms a toner image, an output section, a sheet transport unit that transports in a region above the image forming section a sheet onto which the toner image has been fixed toward the output section in a substantially horizontal direction, a first air blowing device that applies on an upper side of the sheet being transported an airflow directed from a downstream side to an upstream side in a sheet transport direction of the sheet transport unit, and a second air blowing device that applies an airflow directed from the downstream side to the upstream side in the sheet transport direction of the sheet transport unit in a region that is on an upper side of the image forming section and on a lower side of the sheet.