Electrophotography – Internal machine environment – Temperature
Reexamination Certificate
2009-04-23
2011-10-11
Beatty, Robert (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Internal machine environment
Temperature
C399S122000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08036564
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus comprising a main body, a cooling device, and a coupling assembly. The cooling device cools a cooling target such as a heat generator, and includes a heat-receiving section forming a heat-receiving-section channel through which a coolant flows to absorb heat from the cooling target, a cooling section to cool the coolant, and a circulation path to circulate the coolant between the heat-receiving section and the cooling section, cooling the coolant at the heat-receiving section, and transporting the coolant back to the heat-receiving section. The cooling target is detachable from the main body together with the heat-receiving section. The cooling section is provided at the main body. The coupling assembly connects the heat-receiving-section channel and the circulation path to circulate the coolant between the heat-receiving section and the cooling section whether with the cooling target installed in or detached from the main body.
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Office Action issued Aug. 20, 2010, in Chinese Patent Application No. 200910132192.0.
Beatty Robert
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Ricoh Company Limited
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