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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cooling device, which is includable to an image forming apparatus, includes a conveyor, a cooler, and at least one roller. The conveyor conveys a recording medium with a first roller and a second roller each of which is in a loop. The cooler is disposed within the loop of the second belt and cools the recording medium discharged from a fixing device. The at least one roller is a roller within the loop of the first belt and between a first end roller disposed at an end of the first belt facing a plane of a conveyance path. Alternatively, the at least one roller is multiple rollers within the loop of the first belt and contacts an inner circumferential surface of the first belt against the cooler and an upstream roller of the multiple rollers has a smallest pressing force of the multiple rollers.