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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2011
Shingo Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Okano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Takehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Okano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Takehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Yuasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Of a cooling device that is for use in an image forming apparatus and that includes: a heat receiving unit that receives heat from a cooling target and that is disposed to come into and away from contact with the cooling target; a heat radiating unit that radiates the heat received by the heat receiving unit; a heat conductive member disposed on at least one of a surface of the heat receiving unit on the side facing the cooling target and a surface of the cooling target on the side facing the heat receiving unit; and a protection member that is disposed on the heat conductive member to protect the heat conductive member, the protection member is substantially incompatible with binder resin of toner for use in the image forming apparatus.