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US 11,766,877 B2Granted
Conveyance device, liquid discharge apparatus, and post-processing apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Yoshinaga
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Abstract
A conveyance device includes a conveyor that conveys a sheet. A ventilator sends air to the sheet conveyed by the conveyor in a predetermined region. A controller controls the ventilator to change an air capacity of the air at a time when a leading end of the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction is in the predetermined region and at a time when the leading end of the sheet is past the predetermined region.
Claims18
A conveyance device comprising:
- a conveyor configured to convey a sheet;
- a ventilator configured to send air to the sheet conveyed by the conveyor in a predetermined region;
- a controller configured to control the ventilator to change an air capacity of the air at a time when a leading end of the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction is in the predetermined region and at a time when the leading end of the sheet is past the predetermined region;
- a heater configured to heat the air, wherein the ventilator is configured to send the heated air to the sheet;
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- a thermal insulator disposed at at least one of an upstream position disposed upstream from the ventilator in the sheet conveyance direction and a downstream position disposed downstream from the ventilator in the sheet conveyance direction.
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A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid discharger configured to discharge liquid onto a sheet;
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- a conveyance device including:
- a conveyor configured to convey the sheet;
- a ventilator configured to send air to the sheet conveyed by the conveyor in a predetermined region;
- a controller configured to control the ventilator to change an air capacity of the air at a time when a leading end of the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction is in the predetermined region and at a time when the leading end of the sheet is past the predetermined region;
- a heater configured to heat the air, wherein the ventilator is configured to send the heated air to the sheet;
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- a thermal insulator disposed at at least one of an upstream position disposed upstream from the ventilator in the sheet conveyance direction and a downstream position disposed downstream from the ventilator in the sheet conveyance direction.
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A post-processing apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance device including:
- a conveyor configured to convey a sheet;
- a ventilator configured to send air to the sheet conveyed by the conveyor in a predetermined region;
- a controller configured to control the ventilator to change an air capacity of the air at a time when a leading end of the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction is in the predetermined region and at a time when the leading end of the sheet is past the predetermined region;
- a heater configured to heat the air, wherein the ventilator is configured to send the heated air to the sheet;
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- a thermal insulator disposed at at least one of an upstream position disposed upstream from the ventilator in the sheet conveyance direction and a downstream position disposed downstream from the ventilator in the sheet conveyance direction;
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- a post-processing device configured to perform post-processing on the sheet conveyed from the conveyance device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.