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US 11,597,217 B2Granted
Sheet conveyor, sheet heater, liquid discharge apparatus, and printer
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazuaki Kamihara, Masato Ogawa, Kohki Asada, Hiroshi Sawase, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Ryusaku Hida
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Abstract
A sheet conveyor includes an endless conveyance belt configured to rotate to convey a sheet, a belt heater configured to heat the conveyance belt; and circuitry configured to control the conveyance belt to rotate. The conveyance belt has a belt joint joining both ends of a sheet member to form the conveyance belt, and the circuitry controls the conveyance belt to rotate to receive the sheet in an area of the conveyance belt other than the belt joint of the conveyance belt.
Claims12
A sheet conveyor comprising:
- an endless conveyance belt configured to rotate to convey a sheet;
- a belt heater configured to heat the conveyance belt;
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- circuitry configured to control the conveyance belt to rotate,
- wherein the conveyance belt has a belt joint joining both ends of a sheet member to form the conveyance belt, and
- the circuitry controls the conveyance belt to rotate to receive the sheet in an area of the conveyance belt other than the belt joint of the conveyance belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.