| US 7,512,356 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus with an air supplying unit having an air opening provided in a receiving unit | ||
| Satoshi Kaiho, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 10, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/953,404. | ||
| Application 11/953404 is a continuation of application No. 11/292107, filed on Dec. 02, 2005, granted, now 7,324,774. | ||
| Application 11/292107 is a continuation of application No. 11/054548, filed on Feb. 10, 2005, granted, now 6,999,697. | ||
| Application 11/054548 is a continuation of application No. 10/888006, filed on Jul. 12, 2004, granted, now 6,865,356. | ||
| Application 10/888006 is a continuation of application No. 10/434274, filed on May 09, 2003, granted, now 6,771,917. | ||
| Application 10/434274 is a continuation of application No. 10/198132, filed on Jul. 19, 2002, granted, now 6,611,667. | ||
| Application 10/198132 is a continuation of application No. 09/738323, filed on Dec. 18, 2000, granted, now 6,438,339. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0089711 A1, Apr. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 21/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—92 [399/405] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first unit including a scanning unit which optically scans an image of a document placed on a document table portion;
a second unit including an image forming unit which forms a developer image on an image carrier in accordance with image information
scanned by the scanning unit;
a transfer unit which transfers the developer image formed by the image forming unit onto an image-transferred member;
an ejecting unit which ejects the image-transferred member onto which the developer image is transferred by the transfer unit
to outside;
a sheet receiving unit provided at a lower part of the scanning unit and receiving the image-transferred member ejected from
the ejecting unit;
a peripheral wall which surrounds an area around the sheet receiving unit and forms a space between the first unit and the
second unit;
an air opening provided on a part of the peripheral wall;
a blowing unit which blows air; and
an air outlet which discharges the air blown by the blowing unit to the space to produce a flow of the air outward from the
space.
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