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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2014
Keisuke Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Susumu Tateyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Susumu Tateyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiromitsu Fujiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording-material cooling device is disposed downstream from a fixing device in a transport direction of a recording material. The fixing device includes a fixing member and a pressing member to fix an unfixed toner image on the recording material. The recording-material cooling device includes a first cooling unit disposed at a same side as the pressing member relative to the recording material, a second cooling unit disposed at a same side as the fixing member relative to the recording material, and a third cooling unit disposed at the same side as the pressing member relative to the recording material. The first cooling unit, the second cooling unit, and the third cooling unit are arranged in an order of the first cooling unit, the second cooling unit, and the third cooling unit from upstream to downstream in the transport direction of the recording material.