Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Takahiro Ogino

Takayuki Nishimura

Shingo Suzuki

Tomoyasu Hirasawa

Hiromitsu Fujiya

Masanori Saitoh

Kenichi Takehara

Satoshi Okano

Yasuaki Iijima

Kazuhiro Shimada

Tetsuya Ofuchi

Takashi Ebihara

Yasuyuki Sekino

Kazuhiro Shimojima

Kohtaroh Oda

Satoshi Kohara

Taiki Yamamoto

A sheet conveying device includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, and a guide. The sheet stacker stacks sheets. The air blower blows air to the sheets. The guide faces an uppermost sheet on the sheet stacker. A set height of a contact portion of the guide to contact the uppermost sheet is changeable.

Sheet conveying device and image forming system incorporating the sheet conveying device

A cooling device that is included in an image forming apparatus includes a first cooler configured to cool a first face of a recording medium and a second cooler configured to cool a second face of the recording medium. The first cooler includes a first heat absorbing face and a first liquid flowing passage. The first heat absorbing face is configured to contact an inner circumferential surface of a belt to face the first face of the recording medium. The second cooler includes a second heat absorbing face and a second liquid flowing passage. The second heat absorbing face is disposed facing the second face of the recording medium.

Cooling device and image forming apparatus incorporating the cooling device

A sheet feeder, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet container, a sheet conveying member disposed facing a sheet stack that includes multiple sheet members loaded on the sheet container to separate an uppermost sheet member placed on the sheet stack from the other sheet members and to convey the uppermost sheet member, and a pressing member switchable between a pressing position to press the sheet stack from above and a retracted position to separate from the sheet stack.

Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus incorporating same

A cooling device is disclosed. The cooling device includes 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; and 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, wherein the connecting member includes a flexible member and is supported by a guiding member which guides an operation of tracking the connecting member in conjunction with movement of the cooling section.

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

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takahiro Ogino