Patent ID: 8725026

Claim:
A cooling device, comprising: at least two cooling members to cool a recording medium passing thereover, each of the cooling members including: a heat-absorbing surface that directly contacts the recording medium or indirectly contacts the recording medium via a thermal transmission member, an internal channel provided within each of the cooling members through which a coolant circulates, and a channel inlet and outlet formed at downstream and upstream ends of each of the cooling members in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, respectively; a coolant circulation unit to circulate the coolant; and tubing that connects the coolant circulation unit to the inlet and outlet and through which the coolant circulates, wherein the respective heat-absorbing surfaces of the at least two cooling members are disposed to face in opposite directions, and wherein the coolant first flows through a first cooling member of the at least two cooling members, which faces a first surface of the recording medium having an image thereon, and then flows through a second cooling member of the at least two cooling members, which faces a second surface of the recording medium opposite the first surface.