Improved receiver member cooling device.

摘要

In a reproduction machine wherein thermoplastic marking particles (D) are permanently fixed to a receiver member (R) by application of heat in a fusing assembly (12) as the receiver member is transported along a travel path (P), an improved device (10) for cooling the receiver member. The improved cooling device comprises a thermally conductive guide plate (20) located in juxtaposition with the receiver member travel path downstream, in the direction of receiver member travel, of the fusing assembly. A plurality of heat transfer fins (22) extend from the guide plate on the opposite side thereof from the travel path. The heat transfer fins are oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of travel of a receiver member along the travel path. Cooling air is directed over the heat transfer fins to dissipate heat from a receiver member moving along the travel path. <IMAGE>