摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device and an image forming apparatus that can reduce gloss unevenness of an image on a sheet. <P>SOLUTION: In a cooling device 10 including: a cooling roller 12 for cooling a sheet-like member S; a belt member 13 which brings the cooling roller 12 into pressure contact with the sheet-like member S and carries and conveys the sheet-like member S, rotatably tensioned by a plurality of tension members; and a driving roller 14 which is one of the plurality of tension members to rotate and drive the belt member 13, the driving roller 14 is divided into a plurality of rollers 15 in an axial direction, each of which has a crown shape in which an outer diameter becomes continuously larger from both end parts of the axial direction toward a center part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |