COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device in which heated air due to radiated heat from a heat source is prevented from being not easily entered into an air feeding path. SOLUTION: The cooling device for cooling the radiated heat from a fixing device (heat source) 17 with a heater 18a is inc...

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1. Verfasser: KONNO HISAO
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device in which heated air due to radiated heat from a heat source is prevented from being not easily entered into an air feeding path. SOLUTION: The cooling device for cooling the radiated heat from a fixing device (heat source) 17 with a heater 18a is included in an image forming apparatus body. The cooling device is provided with a cooling fan (fan) 51, an air exhausting fan (fan) 52, a cooling duct 53, and an air exhausting duct 54, and a shutter means 55A is provided on an opening on the fixing device 17 side of the cooling duct 53. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO