Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a first unit provided with a first endless belt and a cooling member, a second unit provided with a second endless belt and a supporting member but not provided with a cooling member, a holding member and a fixing member. The holding member is fixed to a supporting frame and rotatably holds the supporting member in order to be rotated by a user. The fixing member fixes the supporting member to the holding member at any rotating position by the user.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt, a plurality of rollers, a belt cooling member, a recording material feeding member, a deposited matter removing member, a deposited matter receiving container, a roller holding member, and a supporting member for supporting the roller holding member so as to be swingable between a first position where the belt and the recording material feeding member contact each other and a second position where the belt is spaced from the recording material feeding member. The supporting member supports the roller holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rollers. The receiving container includes a wall surface portion for preventing overflow of the deposited matter received through an opening of the receiving container when the roller holding member is positioned in the second position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a cooling device provided on a side downstream of the fixing device with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The cooling device includes a first unit including a first belt and a first roller, a second unit including a second belt for forming a nip in cooperation with the first belt, a heat sink and a second roller, and a driving motor for rotating the first roller and the second roller. The second unit is movable between a contact position where the first belt and the second belt are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the first belt and the second belt are in separation from each other so as to release the nip.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt unit including a rotatable endless belt, belt stretching rollers, and a belt cooling member; a rotatable member for forming a nip between itself and the belt in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt and for nipping and feeding a recording material in the nip; a rotating unit capable of rotating the belt unit between a contact position where the belt and the rotatable member are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the belt and the rotatable member are in separation from each other so as to release the nip; and a fan unit including a fan for cooling the cooling member by generating airflow passing through the cooling member, the fan unit being rotatable together with the belt unit.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a first unit provided with a first endless belt and a cooling member, a second unit provided with a second endless belt and a supporting member but not provided with a cooling member, a holding member and a fixing member. The holding member is fixed to a supporting frame and rotatably holds the supporting member in order to be rotated by a user. The fixing member fixes the supporting member to the holding member at any rotating position by the user.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt, a plurality of rollers, a belt cooling member, a recording material feeding member, a deposited matter removing member, a deposited matter receiving container, a roller holding member, and a supporting member for supporting the roller holding member so as to be swingable between a first position where the belt and the recording material feeding member contact each other and a second position where the belt is spaced from the recording material feeding member. The supporting member supports the roller holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rollers. The receiving container includes a wall surface portion for preventing overflow of the deposited matter received through an opening of the receiving container when the roller holding member is positioned in the second position.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a first unit provided with a first endless belt and a cooling member, a second unit provided with a second endless belt and a supporting member but not provided with a cooling member, a holding member and a fixing member. The holding member is fixed to a supporting frame and rotatably holds the supporting member in order to be rotated by a user. The fixing member fixes the supporting member to the holding member at any rotating position by the user.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt, a plurality of rollers, a belt cooling member, a recording material feeding member, a deposited matter removing member, a deposited matter receiving container, a roller holding member, and a supporting member for supporting the roller holding member so as to be swingable between a first position where the belt and the recording material feeding member contact each other and a second position where the belt is spaced from the recording material feeding member. The supporting member supports the roller holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rollers. The receiving container includes a wall surface portion for preventing overflow of the deposited matter received through an opening of the receiving container when the roller holding member is positioned in the second position.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt; a cooling member, a first roller, a second roller, an urging member for urging a bearing portion so that the second roller moves toward an inner peripheral surface of the belt, a holding member, for holding the urging member, and a moving member for moving the holding member between a first position for enabling rotation of the belt by stretching said belt by the first roller and the second roller and a second position for facilitating exchange of the belt.

Abstract: A recording material cooing device includes a first unit provided with a first endless belt and a cooling member, a second unit provided with a second endless belt and a supporting member but not provided with a cooling member, a holding member and a fixing member. The holding member is fixed to a supporting frame and rotatably hold the supporting member in order to be rotated by a use. The fixing member is fixed the first supporting member to the holding member at any rotating position by the user.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt unit including a rotatable endless belt, belt stretching rollers, and a belt cooling member; a rotatable member for forming a nip between itself and the belt in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt and for nipping and feeding a recording material in the nip; a rotating unit capable of rotating the belt unit between a contact position where the belt and the rotatable member are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the belt and the rotatable member are in separation from each other so as to release the nip; and a fan unit including a fan for cooling the cooling member by generating airflow passing through the cooling member, the fan unit being rotatable together with the belt unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a cooling device provided on a side downstream of the fixing device with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The cooling device includes a first unit including a first belt and a first roller, a second unit including a second belt for forming a nip in cooperation with the first belt, a heat sink and a second roller, and a driving motor for rotating the first roller and the second roller. The second unit is movable between a contact position where the first belt and the second belt are in contact with each other so as to form the nip and a separated position where the first belt and the second belt are in separation from each other so as to release the nip.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt; a cooling member, a first roller, a second roller, an urging member for urging a bearing portion so that the second roller moves toward an inner peripheral surface of the belt, a holding member, for holding the urging member, and a moving member for moving the holding member between a first position for enabling rotation of the belt by stretching said belt by the first roller and the second roller and a second position for facilitating exchange of the belt.

Abstract: A recording material cooling device includes a belt, a plurality of rollers, a belt cooling member, a recording material feeding member, a deposited matter removing member, a deposited matter receiving container, a roller holding member, and a supporting member for supporting the roller holding member so as to be swingable between a first position where the belt and the recording material feeding member contact each other and a second position where the belt is spaced from the recording material feeding member. The supporting member supports the roller holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rollers. The receiving container includes a wall surface portion for preventing overflow of the deposited matter received through an opening of the receiving container when the roller holding member is positioned in the second position.

Abstract: A management system with high maintainability capable of promptly achieving fault recovery is provided. The management system includes: a storage unit that stores event information of events, which have occurred in each of the plurality of applications, and related information indicative of a relation between applications with respect to the plurality of applications; an input unit that inputs information of an application which is an analysis origin from among the plurality of applications; an identification unit that identifies applications related to the application, which is the analysis origin, based on the related information stored in the storage unit; and an extraction unit that extracts the event information of the application, which is the analysis origin, and the event information of the related applications from the event information stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A computer switching method to be performed by a computer system including a plurality of computers, a storage system, and a management computer, the plurality of computers including: a plurality of first computers and a plurality of second computers, the storage system providing a logical storage device to each of the plurality of first computers, the logical storage device including a first logical storage device which is a storage area for storing data, the computer switching method including: a step of transmitting, by the management computer, a generation request for instructing the storage system to generate a second logical storage device; a step of generating, by the management computer, change information for mapping the first logical storage device to the second logical storage device for the second computer, and transmitting a change request including the generated change information to the storage system.

Abstract: The system includes a PCI switch connecting a plurality of computers via a PCI interface; and a management server which controls assignment of PCI devices and computers connected to the PCI switch. The PCI switch reports an addition or change of a PCI device to the management server. The management server obtains basic information for the PCI device upon receipt of the report, determines an assignment state of the PCI device to either occupation or sharing, and instructs the PCI switch to assign the PCI device to the management server in the determined assignment state. The management server reads a driver of the PCI device connected through the PCI switch, and obtains detailed information of the PCI device through the driver.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first roller pair configured to nip a sheet at a nip portion and convey the sheet, and a second roller pair disposed on a downstream side of the first roller pair in a sheet conveyance direction and configured to nip the sheet at a nip portion and convey the sheet. When the sheet is nipped by the first and the second roller pairs, a bending stress occurs on the sheet.

Abstract: A computer switching method to be performed by a computer system including a plurality of computers, a storage system, and a management computer, the plurality of computers including: a plurality of first computers and a plurality of second computers, the storage system providing a logical storage device to each of the plurality of first computers, the logical storage device including a first logical storage device which is a storage area for storing data, the computer switching method including: a step of transmitting, by the management computer, a generation request for instructing the storage system to generate a second logical storage device; a step of generating, by the management computer, change information for mapping the first logical storage device to the second logical storage device for the second computer, and transmitting a change request including the generated change information to the storage system.

Abstract: In a computer system wherein plural servers are connected with an external disk device via a network, each server incorporates therein a logic partition module for configuring at least one logic partition in the server, and the operating system stored in the logic partition is booted by the boot disk of an external disk device, the failover operation is performed only for the logic partition affected by a failure when the task being executed by a working server is taken over by another server at the time of the failure occurring in the working server.