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US 10,723,119 B2Granted
Dryer, printer, and treatment liquid applicator
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYoshiaki Hoshino, Ken Onodera, Toshihiro Yoshinuma
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Abstract
A dryer for drying a drying object includes a hot air generator to generate hot air to be blown onto the drying object, a contact heater to contact and heat the drying object, and a controller to control a heating temperature of the contact heater and a temperature of the hot air. The controller controls the heating temperature of the contact heater to be above a first predetermined temperature from a start of generation of the hot air by the hot air generator until the temperature of the hot air reaches a second predetermined temperature.
Claims11
A dryer for drying a drying object comprising:
- a hot air generator to generate hot air to be blown onto the drying object;
- a contact heater to contact and heat the drying object;
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- a controller to control a heating temperature of the contact heater and a temperature of the hot air,
- wherein the controller controls the heating temperature of the contact heater to be above a first predetermined temperature from a start of generation of the hot air by the hot air generator until the temperature of the hot air reaches a second predetermined temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.