An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms a toner
image on a recording medium, a heat fixing device provided adjacent to the image
forming device to fix the toner image onto the recording medium by heat, and a
heat shielding device that shields the image forming device from the heat radiated
from the heat fixing device. The heat shielding device includes a heat shielding
member interposed between the image forming device and the heat fixing device to
receive the heat radiated from the heat fixing device, a heat transferring member
attached to the heat shielding member to transfer the heat received by the heat
shielding member to one end portion thereof, a heat radiating fin device provided
at the one end portion of the heat transferring member to radiate the transferred
heat, and a fan that supplies air to the heat radiating fin device.
