COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE COOLING DEVICE

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A cooling device, comprising:
a conveyor to convey a recording medium with a first belt and a second belt each of which is in a loop, the first belt wound around a first end roller which is disposed at an end of the first belt facing a plane of a conveyance path; a cooler within the loop of the second belt and cooling the recording medium discharged from a fixing device; and a roller within the loop of the first belt and between the first end roller and the cooler, the roller contacting the first belt toward the conveyance path such that the conveyance path gradually widens along an upstream direction from a position where the roller contacts the first belt.