COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device which can improve cooling efficiency of a sheet-like member by a cooling roller and to provide an image forming apparatus.

SOLUTION: A cooling device 18 comprises: a cooling roller 20 which comprises a hollow tubular member 1 and an enclosure member 2 enclosed in the tubular member 1 and has a tube structure; and cooling medium transportation means 100 for transporting a cooling medium to the inside of the tubular member 1. The cooling device 18 makes a sheet-like member contact with the cooling roller 20 to cool the sheet-like member. Turbulence generation means 21 for generating turbulence in the cooling medium is provided at the outer peripheral surface of the enclosure member 2.

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