Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shingo Katano

Kenichi Tanaka

Keita Kondo

Yuki Inoue

A recording material cooling device includes a first unit provided with a first endless belt and a cooling member, a second unit provided with a second endless belt and a supporting member but not provided with a cooling member, a holding member and a fixing member. The holding member is fixed to a supporting frame and rotatably holds the supporting member in order to be rotated by a user. The fixing member fixes the supporting member to the holding member at any rotating position by the user.

Recording material cooling device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

A recording material cooling device includes a belt, a plurality of rollers, a belt cooling member, a recording material feeding member, a deposited matter removing member, a deposited matter receiving container, a roller holding member, and a supporting member for supporting the roller holding member so as to be swingable between a first position where the belt and the recording material feeding member contact each other and a second position where the belt is spaced from the recording material feeding member. The supporting member supports the roller holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rollers. The receiving container includes a wall surface portion for preventing overflow of the deposited matter received through an opening of the receiving container when the roller holding member is positioned in the second position.

Recording material cooling device

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a cooling device provided on a side downstream of the fixing device with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The cooling device includes a first unit including a first belt and a first roller, a second unit including a second belt for forming a nip in cooperation with the first belt, a heat sink and a second roller, and a driving motor for rotating the first roller and the second roller. The second unit is movable between a contact position where the first belt and the second belt are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the first belt and the second belt are in separation from each other so as to release the nip.

Image forming apparatus

A recording material cooling device includes a belt unit including a rotatable endless belt, belt stretching rollers, and a belt cooling member; a rotatable member for forming a nip between itself and the belt in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt and for nipping and feeding a recording material in the nip; a rotating unit capable of rotating the belt unit between a contact position where the belt and the rotatable member are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the belt and the rotatable member are in separation from each other so as to release the nip; and a fan unit including a fan for cooling the cooling member by generating airflow passing through the cooling member, the fan unit being rotatable together with the belt unit.

Recording material cooling device, image forming apparatus and image forming system

A recording material cooling device includes a belt; a cooling member, a first roller, a second roller, an urging member for urging a bearing portion so that the second roller moves toward an inner peripheral surface of the belt, a holding member, for holding the urging member, and a moving member for moving the holding member between a first position for enabling rotation of the belt by stretching said belt by the first roller and the second roller and a second position for facilitating exchange of the belt.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Shingo Katano