Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing unit (30) configured to fix the toner image on the sheet; and a toner container (70) configured to house the toner and arranged above the fixing unit (30). The apparatus is characterized b...
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Zusammenfassung: | An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing unit (30) configured to fix the toner image on the sheet; and a toner container (70) configured to house the toner and arranged above the fixing unit (30). The apparatus is characterized by a cooling fan (107); a guide (108) configured to guide an airflow coming from the cooling fan (107) to an outer circumferential surface of the toner container (70); an outer-circumferential flow path (109) defined by the outer circumferential surface and a wall (101, 103, 106, 114) facing the outer circumferential surface to cause the airflow coming from the guide (108) to circumferentially flow along the outer circumferential surface; a suction fan (110) configured to suck the airflow having passed through the outer-circumferential flow path (109); and an exhaust guide (111) configured to discharge the airflow sucked by the suction fan (110). |
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