Liquid discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:

• a liquid discharge head having a nozzle face having multiple nozzles to discharge a liquid, in a discharge direction, from the multiple nozzles onto a medium, conveyed in a conveyance direction orthogonal to the discharge direction;
• a carriage to move the liquid discharge head in a scanning direction orthogonal to the discharge direction and the conveyance direction;
• a cross flow fan on a downstream side of the liquid discharge head in the scanning direction,
• the cross flow fan including:
• a cylindrical rotary blade having a rotation axis extending in the conveyance direction,
• the cylindrical rotary blade to generate flow of air to be blown onto the medium;
• and
• a duct covering the cylindrical rotary blade and extending downward from the cylindrical rotary blade to the nozzle face to guide the air toward the medium,
• the duct having:
• an air inlet having an opening disposed on the downstream side of the cylindrical rotary blade in the scanning direction,
• to take in the air from the air inlet toward the cylindrical rotary blade;
• and
• an air outlet below the air inlet to blow the air toward the medium to form an air curtain on the downstream side of the liquid discharge head in the scanning direction.