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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Takeshi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording medium conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first conveyor and a second conveyor disposed facing the first conveyor. The first conveyor and the second conveyor sandwich a recording medium therebetween and convey the recording medium to a downstream side of an image forming apparatus in a recording medium conveying direction. At least one of the first conveyor and the second conveyor includes a belt having an inner circumferential face, and a cooler to cool the recording medium. The cooler has a heat absorbing face that contacts the inner circumferential face of the belt and that has an air flow path formed thereon to expose the inner circumferential face of the belt to open air.