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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Kunimasa Kawamata, Saitama, JP;
Kunimasa Kawamata, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endless member driving device, includes: an endless member that rotates by receiving a driving force; a cooling path that extends in a widthwise direction along at least one of an obverse surface and a reverse surface of the endless member; and a gas transfer unit that transfers a gas in the cooling path along the widthwise direction of the endless member, wherein the cooling path includes a downstream-side cooling path that is formed on a downstream side in a gas transferring direction of the cooling path, and the downstream-side cooling path being directed in an opposite direction to a moving direction of the obverse surface or the reverse surface of the endless member perpendicular to the widthwise direction with respect to the moving direction.