Image forming apparatus having arrangement of sheet support memb

Details Image forming apparatus having arrangement of sheet support memb Image forming apparatus having arrangement of sheet support memb

1997-05-02

1999-05-25

Beatty, Robert

Electrophotography

Internal machine environment

Forced air circulation

399107, G03G 2120

Patent

active

059077450

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.

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