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US 12,760,968 B2Granted
Drying device, and nozzle drying method
AssigneeFuji Corporation
InventorsKazuma Miura, Kenji Shimosaka
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Abstract
A drying device includes a recessed portion into which a suction nozzle is inserted, an air jetting port that is formed on a bottom surface of the recessed portion, and a control device that jets air from the jetting port toward a suction nozzle inserted into the recessed portion.
Claims5
A drying device comprising:
- a housing having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a recessed portion extending from the upper surface to a region within the housing into which a suction nozzle is inserted, the recessed portion having a bottom surface positioned within the housing and between the upper surface and lower surface;
- an air jetting port that is formed in the bottom surface of the recessed portion;
- and
- a control device that jets air from the jetting port toward a suction nozzle inserted into the recessed portion,
- wherein the suction nozzle has a flange portion, and
- wherein an inner diameter of the recessed portion is smaller than an outer shape of the flange portion of the suction nozzle inserted into the recessed portion.
4 more elements
A nozzle drying method comprising:
- inserting a suction nozzle into a recessed portion of a housing;
- and
- drying the suction nozzle that has been inserted into the recessed portion by jetting air from a port located at a bottom surface of the recessed portion to the suction nozzle,
- wherein the housing includes an upper surface and a lower surface,
- wherein the recessed portion extends from the upper surface to a region within the housing into which the suction nozzle is inserted, and
- wherein the bottom surface of the recessed portion is positioned within the housing and between the upper surface and lower surface
- wherein the suction nozzle has a flange portion, and
- wherein an inner diameter of the recessed portion is smaller than an outer shape of the flange portion of the suction nozzle inserted into the recessed portion.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.