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US 10,000,076 B2Granted
Drying device and inkjet printer system including drying device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTetsuya Ohba
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Abstract
A drying device includes a drying section to dry a recording medium; a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the drying section; and a duct to expel air inside the drying section to outside the drying device. The duct includes a joint section where the air from the drying section meets air from the cooling section meet. The air from the drying section containing moisture and solvent medium is cooled in the duct.
Claims15
A heating device comprising:
- a heating section to heat a recording medium;
- a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the heating section;
- and
- a duct to guide air from inside the heating section to outside the heating device, the duct including:
- a first inflow portion through which the air in the heating section flows into the duct;
- and
- a second inflow portion through which the air in the cooling section flows into the duct,
- wherein a width of the duct in a height direction of the heating device decreases from the first inflow portion toward the second inflow portion.
5 more elements
A heating-and-cooling device comprising:
- a heating section to heat a recording medium;
- a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the heating section;
- and
- a duct to guide air inside the heating section to outside the heating-and-cooling device, the duct including:
- a first inflow portion through which the air in the heating section flows into the duct;
- and
- a second inflow portion through which the air in the cooling section flows into the duct,
- wherein a width of the duct in a height direction of the heating-and-cooling device decreases from the first inflow portion toward the second inflow portion.
5 more elements
A drying device comprising:
- a heating section to heat a recording medium;
- a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the heating section;
- and
- a duct to guide air inside the heating section to outside the drying device, the duct including:
- a first inflow portion through which the air in the heating section flows into the duct;
- and
- a second inflow portion through which the air in the cooling section flows into the duct,
- wherein a width of the duct in a height direction of the drying device decreases from the first inflow portion toward the second inflow portion.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.