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US 2014/0270877 A1Published application
Cooling device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorToshiaki TOMINO
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Abstract
A cooling section cools a sheet via a belt. The cooling section has a flow passage-forming section for forming a flow passage through which a cooling medium flows and a medium supply section for supplying the cooling medium to the flow passage so that the cooling medium flows through the flow passage from a downstream side to an upstream side in a feeding direction of the sheet.
Claims4
A cooling device used in an image forming apparatus, the cooling device comprising:
- a belt for feeding a sheet;
- and
- a cooling section for cooling the sheet via the belt, wherein
- the cooling section has a flow passage forming section for forming a flow passage through which a cooling medium flows;
- and
- a medium supply section for supplying the cooling medium to the flow passage so that the cooling medium flows through the flow passage from a downstream side to an upstream side in a feeding direction of the sheet.
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An image forming apparatus comprising a cooling device,
- the cooling device including a belt for feeding a sheet;
- and
- a cooling section for cooling the sheet via the belt, wherein
- the cooling section has a flow passage-forming section for forming a flow passage through which a cooling medium flows;
- and
- a medium supply section for supplying the cooling medium to the flow passage so that the cooling medium flows through the flow passage from a downstream side to an upstream side in a feeding direction of the sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.