Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Application No.: US17228818Application Date: 2021-04-13
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Publication No.: US20210356887A1Publication Date: 2021-11-18
- Inventor: Kenichi Tanaka , Keita Kondo , Yuki Inoue , Shingo Katano
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2020-086682 20200518,JP2020-086683 20200518,JP2021-064781 20210406
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a cooling device provided on a side downstream of the fixing device with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The cooling device includes a first unit including a first belt and a first roller, a second unit including a second belt for forming a nip in cooperation with the first belt, a heat sink and a second roller, and a driving motor for rotating the first roller and the second roller. The second unit is movable between a contact position where the first belt and the second belt are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the first belt and the second belt are in separation from each other so as to release the nip.
Public/Granted literature
- US11480900B2 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2022-10-25
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