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US 11,571,916 B2Granted
Printing apparatus and heating device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyosuke Sato, Yusuke Nakaya
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to form an ink image by discharging ink on a medium, and a heating unit configured to heat the ink image on the medium. The heating unit includes a heat generating unit configured to generate radiant heat, a reflecting unit that includes a reflecting surface configured to reflect the radiant heat of the heat generating unit, and a cooling unit configured to cool the reflecting surface by supplying a gas to the reflecting surface.
Claims19
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to form an image by discharging liquid onto a medium, and
- a heating unit configured to heat the image on the medium,
- wherein the heating unit includes:
- a heat generating unit configured to generate radiant heat,
- a reflecting unit that includes a reflecting surface configured to reflect the radiant heat of the heat generating unit,
- a cooling unit configured to cool the reflecting surface by supplying air to the reflecting surface,
- an exhaust passage configured to exhaust the air supplied to the reflecting surface, and
- a suction unit configured to suck the air via the exhaust passage.
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A heating apparatus that heats an image formed on a medium, comprising:
- a heat generating unit configured to generate radiant heat;
- a reflecting unit which includes a reflecting surface configured to reflect the radiant heat of the heat generating unit,
- a cooling unit configured to cool the reflecting surface by supplying air to the reflecting surface,
- an exhaust passage configured to exhaust the air supplied to the reflecting surface, and
- a suction unit configured to suck the air via the exhaust passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.