US 11,809,102 B2
Recording material cooling device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
Shingo Katano, Ibaraki (JP); Kenichi Tanaka, Ibaraki (JP); and Keita Kondo, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,517.
Application 17/715,517 is a division of application No. 17/326,199, filed on May 20, 2021, granted, now 11,327,421.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-100038 (JP), filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229385 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2017 (2013.01) [G03G 15/2021 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a fixing device comprising:
a rotatable heating member; and
a rotatable pressing member configured to form a first nip portion by contacting said rotatable heating member, said rotatable pressing member fixing a toner image onto a recording material with said rotatable heating member; and
the image forming apparatus further comprising:
a cooling device provided on a downstream side of said fixing device with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material and configured to cool the recording material, said cooling device comprising:
a belt;
a plurality of rollers stretching said belt;
a heat sink contacting an inner peripheral surface of said belt;
a feeding unit configured to form a second nip portion feeding the recording material with said belt; and
an eliminating member configured to suppress electrification of said belt by contacting an outer peripheral surface of said belt;
the image forming apparatus further comprising:
a pair of side plates configured to support said plurality of rollers;
a connecting member formed of sheet metal and configured to connect said pair of side plates; and
a guide member provided on the downstream side of said second nip portion with respect to the feeding direction of the recording material at said second nip portion and configured to guide the recording material discharged from said second nip portion,
wherein said eliminating member is attached to said connecting member, and
wherein said guide member is provided on said connecting member.