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US 12,005,698 B2Granted
Heating device and liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYuuta Kanda
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Abstract
A heating device includes a heater and a heating range variable member. The heater heats an object to which a liquid is applied. The object is conveyed in a conveyance direction. The heating range variable member changes a heating range of the heater in a width direction of the object. The width direction is orthogonal to the conveyance direction.
Claims12
A heating device comprising:
- a heater configured to heat an object to which a liquid is applied, the object being conveyed in a conveyance direction;
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- a heating range variable member configured to change a heating range of the heater in a width direction of the object, the width direction being orthogonal to the conveyance direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.