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US 2014/0270878 A1Published application
Cooling device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorToshiaki TOMINO
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Abstract
A cooling section has a flow passage-forming section for forming a flow passage through which a cooling medium flows and cools a sheet via a first belt. A pressing roller is provided inside a second belt, faces the flow passage-forming section via the second belt and the first belt, and presses the second belt onto the cooling section.
Claims8
A cooling device used in an image forming apparatus, the cooling device comprising:
- a feeding section having endless first belt and second belt faced with each other and feeding a sheet by sandwiching the same between the first belt and the second belt;
- a cooling section having a flow passage-forming section for forming a flow passage through which a cooling medium flows and cooling the sheet via the first belt;
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- a pressing roller being provided inside the second belt, facing the flow passage-forming section through the second belt and the first belt, and pressing the second belt onto the cooling section.
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An image forming apparatus comprising a cooling device,
- the cooling device including a feeding section having endless first belt and second belt facing each other and feeding a sheet by sandwiching the same between the first belt and the second belt;
- a cooling section having a flow passage-forming section for forming a flow passage through which a cooling medium flows and cooling the sheet via the first belt;
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- a pressing roller being provided inside the second belt, facing the flow passage-forming section via the second belt and the first belt, and pressing the second belt onto the first belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.