Cooling device including a water-absorbing member and image forming device

A cooling device, comprising:

• a cooling section which is moveably provided with respect to an image forming device body between a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location, and which cools surroundings with a cooling medium to be supplied;
• a cooling medium supply section which is provided at the image forming device body and which cools the cooling medium to supply the cooled cooling medium to the cooling section;
• a connecting member which connects the cooling section and the cooling medium supply section to circulate the cooling medium between the cooling section and the cooling medium supply section;
• a protective member to protect the connecting member;
• and
• a water-absorbing member disposed on a face of the protective member, wherein
• the protective member is arranged to connect multiple unit devices such that the multiple unit devices are mutually oscillatable, and the connecting member is carried within the protective member, and the face of the protective member opposes the cooling section.

A cooling device, comprising:

• a cooling section which is moveably provided with respect to an image forming device body between a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location, and which cools surroundings with a cooling medium to be supplied;
• a cooling medium supply section which is provided at the image forming device body and which cools the cooling medium to supply the cooled cooling medium to the cooling section;
• a connecting member which connects the cooling section and the cooling medium supply section to circulate the cooling medium between the cooling section and the cooling medium supply section;
• a protective member to protect the connecting member;
• and
• a water-absorbing member disposed between the protective member and the cooling section, wherein
• the protective member is arranged to connect multiple unit devices such that the multiple unit devices are mutually oscillatable, and the connecting member is carried within the protective member, and the water-absorbing member is disposed on a face of the protective member that opposes the cooling section.