# US 10,870,290 B2 · Vapor manager > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,290 B2 - Document ID: US10870290B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/326,046 - Filed: 2016-09-02 - Published: 2019-06-13 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-02 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: Alan Shibata; Matthew Raisanen; Richard Lee Brinkley - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870290B2 ## CPC - B41J 11/0022: {using convection means, e.g. by using a fan for blowing or sucking air} - B41J 11/002: {Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating} - B41J 11/0024: {using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen} - B41J 29/377: Cooling or ventilating arrangements - F26B 3/04: the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence) - F26B 21/50: Ducting arrangements from the source of air or other gases to the materials or objects being dried - F26B 21/55: Outlets for directing or distributing the air or other gases - B41J 11/04: Roller platens - F26B 13/18: heated {or} cooled, {e.g. from inside, the material being dried on the outside surface by conduction} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - F26B: DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27) ## Abstract In one example, a system for a vapor manager includes a media guide to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, and a plurality of apertures through the media guide to direct air on to a first portion of the partially dried inkjet media and direct air away from a second portion of the partially dried inkjet media. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vapor manager, comprising: a media guide to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller; and a plurality of apertures through the media guide including a first portion of apertures with a first angle to direct air on to a first portion of a first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second portion of apertures with a second angle to direct the air away from a second portion of the first side of the partially dried inkjet media. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vapor manager of claim 1, wherein the plurality of apertures direct air and vapor generated by the heated pressure roller away from the second portion of the partially dried inkjet media. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vapor manager of claim 2, wherein the heated pressure roller generates the vapor by evaporating printing fluid from the partially dried inkjet media. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vapor manager of claim 1, comprising a fan to force air through the first portion of apertures of the media guide and remove air and vapor through the second portion of apertures of the media guide. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vapor manager of claim 1, wherein the media guide comprises a plurality of rib structures to separate the partially dried inkjet media from the plurality of apertures. ### Claim 6 A system for a vapor manager for partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, comprising: a first media guide positioned on a first side of a media pathway to receive partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, wherein the first media guide comprises a plurality of apertures including a first portion of apertures with a first angle to direct air on the first side of the media pathway and a second portion of apertures with a second angle to direct the air away from the first side of the media pathway; and a second media guide positioned on a second side of the media pathway to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the heated pressure roller, wherein the second media guide comprises a plurality of apertures including a third portion of apertures with a third angle to direct air on the second side of the media pathway and a fourth portion of apertures with a fourth angle to direct the air away from the second side of the media pathway. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, comprising: a first thermal barrier between the heated pressure roller and the first media guide positioned on the first side of the media pathway to direct air away from the heated pressure roller; and a second thermal barrier between the heated pressure roller and the second media guide positioned on the second side of the media pathway to direct air away from the heated pressure roller. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, comprising a first fan on the first side of the media pathway to force air through the first media guide and a second fan on the second side of the media pathway to force air through the second media guide. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first fan can provide air pressure to the first media guide in a first mode and provide a vacuum to the first media guide in a second mode. ### Claim 10 A system for a vapor manager for partially dried inkjet media from a heated pressure roller, comprising: a heated pressure roller to receive partially dried inkjet media at an input and provide the partially dried inkjet media to media pathway at an output; a first media guide coupled to the output positioned on a first side of the media pathway to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the heated pressure roller, wherein the first media guide includes a first portion of apertures with a first angle and a second portion of apertures with a second angle; a first fan coupled to a first edge of the first media guide to: force air in to the first portion of apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the first media guide; and force the air out of the second portion of the apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the first media guide; a second media guide positioned on a second side of the media pathway to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the heated pressure roller, wherein the second media guide includes a third portion of apertures with a third angle and a fourth portion of apertures with a fourth angle; and a second fan coupled to a second edge of the second media guide to: force air in to the third portion of apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the second media guide; and force the air out of the fourth portion of the apertures between the partially dried inkjet media and the second media guide. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the first fan is coupled to a first heat source and the second fan is coupled to a second heat source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the first portion of apertures include a plurality of rib structures coupled to the first media guide and the second portion of apertures include a plurality of rib structures coupled to the second media guide. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, comprising: a first duct to couple the first fan to the first edge between the partially dried inkjet media and the first media guide; and a second duct to couple the second fan to the second edge between the partially dried inkjet media and the second media guide.