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US 12,649,324 B2Granted
Printing device including a blower machine and sound absorbing material
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Yoda, Tatsushi Nakaho, Tomohito Watanabe
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Abstract
A printing device 1 includes a printing section 14 configured to eject liquid to a medium 90; a heat source 45 configured to generate heat for heating the liquid deposited to the medium 90; a blower machine 43 configured to blow gas toward the medium 90; and an air flow path 44 in which the blower machine 43 is provided and in which the gas flows, wherein the air flow path 44 is provided so as to surround the heat source 45 and sound absorbing materials 101 and 103 is arranged on an inner surface of the air flow path 44.
Claims8
A printing device comprising:
- a printing section configured to eject liquid to a medium;
- a heat source configured to generate heat for heating the liquid deposited on the medium;
- a blower machine configured to blow gas toward the medium;
- an air flow path in which the blower machine is provided and in which the gas flows, wherein the air flow path is provided so as to surround the heat source;
- an outer member surrounding the air flow path;
- a sound absorbing material is arranged on an inner surface of the outer member;
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- a pressing member configured to support the sound absorbing material arranged on the inner surface of the outer member such that the sound absorbing material is at least partially exposed to the air flow path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.