Cooling device and image forming apparatus having the same installed therein
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorIn-cheol Jeon
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Abstract
A cooling unit for use with an image forming apparatus including an image development part, with an Organic photoconductor, which is installed inside the housing and which forms an image, a laser scanning unit which scans the surface of the Organic photoconductor, and a fuser assembly which fixes the image transmitted from the image development part at a high temperature and a high pressure. The cooling unit cools the laser scanning unit and image development part, and includes a fan, which generates airflow at the time of operation, a support frame to support the laser scanning unit, and a guide member, disposed on the support frame, which guides the airflow towards the laser scanning unit and the image development part.
Claims39
A cooling unit, to cool a laser scanning unit and an image development part in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including an image development cartridge with an organic photoconductor installed inside a printer housing, which develops an image, a laser scanning unit, which scans a surface of the Organic photoconductor, and a fuser assembly, which fixes the image transferred from the image development part on the print medium, the cooling unit comprising:
- a fan, which generates airflow at the time of operation of the image forming apparatus;
- a support frame installed inside the housing, to support the laser scanning unit;
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- a guide member, disposed on the support frame, to guide the airflow generated by the fan towards the laser scanning unit and the image development cartridge.
An image forming apparatus, comprising
- an image development part, which is installed in a housing of the image forming apparatus, and which has an organic photoconductor installed therein;
- a laser scanning unit to scan the organic photoconductor;
- a fuser assembly to fix an image received from the image development section onto the print medium;
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- a cooling unit to cool the laser scanning unit and the image development part.
A cooling unit, to cool a laser scanning unit and an image development part of an image forming apparatus, the laser scanning unit being supported by a support frame, the cooling unit comprising:
- a fan to generate an airflow within the housing during an operation of the apparatus;
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- a guide member, disposed on the support frame, to guide the airflow towards the laser scanning unit, and the image development part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.