Image forming apparatus having fan for supplying air to...

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2009-02-11

2011-12-27

Brase, Sandra (Department: 2884)

Electrophotography

Internal machine environment

Forced air circulation

C399S341000, C399S401000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08086130

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit such as a process section for forming an image on a recording sheet. The apparatus may include a fixing unit for fixing the image formed by the image formation unit on the recording sheet, a reversible roller configured to receive the sheet from the fixing unit along a sheet transport path and reverse a transport direction of the sheet, and an air blower, positioned between the fixing unit and the reversible roller along the sheet transport path, configured to blow air in a sheet feeding direction onto the recording sheet on which the image is fixed by the fixing unit.

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