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US 11,442,383 B2Granted
Cooling device, image forming apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazunari Hatazaki
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Abstract
A cooling device for cooling a recording material on which a toner image is fixed includes: a rotatable feeding belt configured to feed the recording material by rotation; a rotatable member configured to nip and feed the recording material in cooperation with the feeding belt; and a heat sink contacting an inner peripheral surface of the feeding belt. The feeding belt contains a fluorine-containing resin additive.
Claims16
A cooling device for cooling a recording material on which a toner image is fixed, said cooling device comprising:
- a first feeding belt;
- a second feeding belt which in cooperation with said first belt is configured to form a nip portion for nipping and feeding the recording material;
- a heat sink contacting an inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt at a position corresponding to said nip portion of the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt,
- a cleaning unit provided with a contacting member and a collecting member, said contacting member contacting the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt at a position other than said nip portion of the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt, and said collecting member configured to collect a foreign matter removed from the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt by said contacting member.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material;
- a fixing portion including a heating member and a feeding member, said feeding member configured to nip and feed the recording material in cooperation with said heating member and configured to fix the toner image on the recording material by said heating member and said feeding member;
- a first feeding belt;
- a second feeding belt which in cooperation with said first belt is configured to form a nip portion for nipping and feeding the recording material;
- a heat sink contacting an inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt at a position corresponding to said nip portion of the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt,
- a cleaning unit provided with a contacting member and a collecting member, said contacting member contacting the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt at a position other than said nip portion of the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt, and said collecting member configured to collect a foreign matter removed from the inner peripheral surface of said first feeding belt by said contacting member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.