Patent ID: 8682204

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit that creates an image; and a liquid cooling unit that includes: a heat receiving unit that is disposed in contact with a temperature rising portion, in the image forming unit, in which a temperature rises due to an image forming operation by the image forming unit, a heat radiating unit that radiates heat of a cooling liquid, a flow passage forming member that forms a flow passage that allows the cooling liquid to circulate between the heat receiving unit and the heat radiating unit; a conveying unit that conveys the cooling liquid inside the flow passage forming member; and a storage tank that stores the cooling liquid, wherein the conveying unit and the storage unit are disposed below the heat radiating unit, wherein the conveying unit feeds the cooling liquid directly to the heat radiating unit, and the storage tank receives the cooling liquid directly from the heat receiving unit, wherein the heat radiating unit includes a radiator, and the radiator is disposed at a downstream side of the conveying unit in a cooling liquid flow direction and at an upstream side of the heat receiving unit in the cooling liquid flow direction, and wherein the conveying unit, the radiator, and the storage tank are disposed outside a casing of an image forming apparatus body in which the image forming unit is disposed.