Recording material cooling device

A recording material cooling device for cooling a recording material passed through a fixing device for fixing a toner image on the recording material by heating, said recording material cooling device comprising:

• a belt;
• a plurality of rollers configured to stretch said belt;
• a cooling member configured to cool said belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of said belt;
• a feeding member contacting an outer peripheral surface of said belt and configured to form a nip, in which the recording material is nipped and fed, in cooperation with said belt;
• a removing member configured to remove a deposited matter deposited on the inner peripheral surface of said belt;
• a receiving container provided with an opening configured to receive the deposited matter removed by said removing member;
• a holding member configured to hold said rollers, said cooling member and said receiving container;
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• a supporting member configured to swingably support said holding member so that said holding member is swingable between a first position where said belt and said feeding member contact each other and a second position where said belt is spaced from said feeding member, wherein said supporting member supports said holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of said rollers,
• wherein said receiving container swings with swinging of said holding member from the first position to the second position, and includes a wall surface portion provided on one end side with respect to the rotational axis direction of said rollers, said wall surface portion being configured to prevent overflow of the deposited matter received through said opening with the swinging of said receiving container,
• wherein said receiving container includes the other end side wall surface portion positioned on the other end side of said belt with respect to the rotational axis direction,
• wherein said other end side wall surface portion includes at least a part thereof positioned on a side downstream of a contact portion of said removing member, contacting said belt, with respect to a movement direction of said belt is provided so as to be positioned on said other end side of said belt with respect to the rotational axis direction, and
• wherein said other end side wall surface portion is provided obliquely so as to overlap with a part of said contact region with respect to the rotational axis direction on a side upstream of said contact portion with respect to the movement direction.

A recording material cooling device for cooling a recording material passed through a fixing device for fixing a toner image on the recording material by heating, said recording material cooling device comprising:

• a belt;
• a plurality of rollers configured to stretch said belt;
• a cooling member configured to cool said belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of said belt;
• a feeding member contacting an outer peripheral surface of said belt and configured to form a nip, in which the recording material is nipped and fed, in cooperation with said belt;
• a removing member configured to remove a deposited matter deposited on the inner peripheral surface of said belt;
• a receiving container provided with an opening configured to receive the deposited matter removed by said removing member;
• a holding member configured to hold said rollers, said cooling member and said receiving container;
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• a supporting member configured to swingably support said holding member so that said holding member is swingable between a first position where said belt and said feeding member contact each other and a second position where said belt is spaced from said feeding member, wherein said supporting member supports said holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of said rollers,
• wherein said receiving container swings with swinging of said holding member from the first position to the second position, and includes a wall surface portion provided on one end side with respect to the rotational axis direction of said rollers, said wall surface portion being configured to prevent overflow of the deposited matter received through said opening with the swinging of said receiving container,
• wherein said receiving container includes the other end side wall surface portion positioned on the other end side of said belt with respect to the rotational axis direction,
• wherein said other end side wall surface portion includes at least a part thereof positioned on a side downstream of a contact portion of said removing member, contacting said belt, with respect to a movement direction of said belt is provided so as to be positioned on said other end side of said belt with respect to the rotational axis direction, and
• wherein said other end side wall surface portion is provided obliquely so as to overlap with a part of said contact region with respect to the rotational axis direction on a side downstream of said contact portion with respect to the movement direction.

A recording material cooling device for cooling a recording material passed through a fixing device for fixing a toner image on the recording material by heating, said recording material cooling device comprising:

• a belt;
• a plurality of rollers configured to stretch said belt;
• a cooling member configured to cool said belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of said belt;
• a feeding member contacting an outer peripheral surface of said belt and configured to form a nip, in which the recording material is nipped and fed, in cooperation with said belt;
• a removing member configured to remove a deposited matter deposited on the inner peripheral surface of said belt;
• a receiving container provided with an opening configured to receive the deposited matter removed by said removing member;
• a holding member configured to hold said rollers, said cooling member and said receiving container;
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• a supporting member configured to swingably support said holding member so that said holding member is swingable between a first position where said belt and said feeding member contact each other and a second position where said belt is spaced from said feeding member, wherein said supporting member supports said holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of said rollers,
• wherein said receiving container swings with swinging of said holding member from the first position to the second position, and includes a wall surface portion provided on one end side with respect to the rotational axis direction of said rollers, said wall surface portion being configured to prevent overflow of the deposited matter received through said opening with the swinging of said receiving container, and
• wherein said receiving container includes at least one partition wall portion partitioning an inside thereof into a plurality of accommodating chambers with respect to the rotational axis direction.