JP2016167095A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

A belt member that is rotatably stretched by a plurality of stretching members, and carries and conveys a sheet-like member on the front surface;
A cooling device provided with a cooling surface in contact with the back surface of the belt member, and a cooling member that cools the sheet-like member via the belt member;
The cooling member can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body so that the number of installed cooling members can be changed within the range of the preset maximum number of possible installations,
According to the number of installed cooling members, it has contact state adjusting means for adjusting the contact state between the cooling surface of the cooling member and the back surface of the belt member so as to be a desired contact state,
As the contact state adjusting means, a plurality of auxiliary rollers that assist in stretching the belt member are installed in place of the cooling member removed from the apparatus main body. The cooling device of claim 1.
A side plate to which the cooling member and the auxiliary roller are attached;
A cooling device comprising positioning means for installing the cooling member and the auxiliary roller at an appropriate preset position on the side plate. The cooling device according to claim 1 or 2,
A flow path through which a cooling medium flows is formed inside the cooling member,
Heat radiating means for releasing heat of the cooling medium;
A tube for circulating a cooling medium between the cooling member and the heat dissipation means;
And a cooling medium transporting means for transporting the cooling medium in the pipe. The cooling device according to claim 3.
A cooling apparatus comprising flow path changing means for changing a flow path of the cooling medium by the pipe in accordance with attachment / detachment of the cooling member to / from the apparatus main body. The cooling device of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4,
An air cooling heat sink is used as the cooling member. The cooling device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5,
A cooling device using a plate member incorporating a heat absorbing portion of a heat pipe having a heat radiating portion and a heat absorbing portion as the cooling member. The cooling device according to claim 5 or 6,
A blower means provided corresponding to the cooling member, for sending air to the corresponding cooling member;
And a switching means for switching ON / OFF of the air blowing means depending on the presence or absence of the cooling member. Toner image forming means for forming a toner image on a sheet-like member;
Fixing means for fixing the toner image formed on the sheet-like member to the sheet-like member by at least heat;
An image forming apparatus comprising: a cooling unit that cools the sheet-like member on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit;
An image forming apparatus comprising the cooling device according to claim 1, as the cooling unit.