The invention relates to a winding device (8) for an electric cable (4, 4a, 4b) including a cylindrical hub (62), perforated (622) at its surface and open (624) at at least one of its ends, the cable having at least one conductor (41, 42, 43, 44) and a sheath (45, 45a, 45b) with an outer surface having an irregular cross-section.

A transporting device includes a first belt, a second belt that transports a medium in cooperation with the first belt, a first shifting member that shifts the first belt in a width direction of the first belt, a second shifting member that shifts the second belt in a width direction of the second belt, a rotatable member that is rotatable around its own axis, and a forming member provided across the first belt and the second belt from the rotatable member and that forms a nip between the first and second belts in cooperation with the rotatable member. The rotatable member and the forming member cooperate to form the nip at a pressure ratio lower than about 1. The pressure ratio is obtained by dividing a pressure applied to each of two axial ends of the rotatable member by a pressure applied to an axial center of the rotatable member.

A sheet stacking device (77) is provided with a sheet discharge platform (76) on which image forming sheets (P), which have been subjected to heating and drying processing after images are formed using ink, are stacked; and a nozzle (162) that blows air to a side surface of a sheet bundle in a horizontal direction. Air is blown to the sheet bundle stacked on the sheet discharge platform (76) while the height of the sheet discharge platform (76) is adjusted by a sheet discharge platform raising and lowering device (100) so that a gap is formed between the sheets in the vertically middle portion of the sheet bundle. According to the sheet stacking device (77), a plurality of image forming sheets (P) can be efficiently cooled on the sheet discharge platform. Accordingly, the occurrence of blocking can be suppressed.

The present invention relates to a traversing element (1) for a spinning machine (26), wherein the traversing element (1) comprises a guide segment (2) by means of which a roving (3) may be guided in the region of a surface of a tube (4) or of a roving bobbin (5), and wherein the traversing element (1) comprises a support segment (6) via which it may be connected to a support member (7) of the spinning machine (26). According to the invention it is suggested that the traversing element (1) comprises at least one cavity (8) that is closed with respect to the outside and is partially filled with a liquid (9), wherein heat that occurs in the region of the guide segment (2) due to friction between the guide segment (2) and the roving (3) guided by the guide segment (2) when the traversing element (1) is operating may be absorbed by the liquid (9). In addition, a spinning machine (26) having a corresponding traversing element (2) is proposed.

A separation device (1) intended to separate a profiled element (2) from a conveying surface (3) which conveys the profiled element (2) in a longitudinal direction (L0) comprises a detachment roller (10) which is mounted so as to be able to rotate on a support (11) about a detachment axis (X10), and which is intended to be interposed, in an engagement configuration (C1), between the profiled element (2) and the conveying surface (3) to cause the profiled element (2) to become detached from the conveying surface (3).

A medium transport device includes: a belt-shaped first transporter configured to come into contact with one surface of a medium, and transport the medium; a belt-shaped second transporter configured to come into contact with the first transporter in an opposed manner, and transport the medium by nipping the medium in a contact area between the second transporter and the first transporter; a cooler provided in at least one of the first transporter or the second transporter, and configured to cool the medium in the contact area; and a static eliminator configured to eliminate static electricity of the medium which passes through the contact area, by applying a static elimination voltage to the first transporter or the second transporter.

To provide an image forming apparatus in which the paper is cooled early by blowing air to the paper in the conveying path so as to prevent a sticking phenomenon on a paper output tray while paper turning, paper folding, paper breakage and paper jamming due to influence on paper conveyance by blowing air onto the paper in the conveying path, can be prevented. At the start of paper conveyance, a gate 73 is turned upwards to a first position to thereby close a sixth conveying path 44 and establish communication between a first conveying path 42 and a second conveying path 43 so that the paper having passed through a fixing unit 21 starts to be conveyed from first conveying path 42 to second conveying path 43. At the same time, air is exhausted from an exhausting mechanism 53 arranged upstream of a cooling mechanism 76. When a first paper sensor 74 detects the leading end of the paper, a cooling fan 77 starts to rotate at a predetermined rotational rate to start blowing air at a predetermined volume of cooling airflow.

A sheet conveyance apparatus is arranged on an upper face portion of an image forming apparatus and conveys a sheet to a sheet processing apparatus. The sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance path including a first path through which the sheet is conveyed toward the sheet processing apparatus and a second path branched from the first path, a switching guide to switch a conveyance route of the sheet between the first and second paths, an air blowing unit to send air toward the conveyance path, and an air intake port provided on an end portion on a front side of the sheet conveyance apparatus. A duct connects the air intake port and the air blowing unit, and an air blowing port blows the air from the air blowing unit to the conveyance path in a sheet conveyance direction.