Recording medium drying apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorShigeru Ando
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Abstract
Disclosed is a recording medium drying apparatus for removing liquid droplets on a recording medium surface by air blown from a blowing unit provided upstream in a conveying direction of a mesh belt for holding and conveying the recording medium. The recording medium drying apparatus may comprise a conveying belt whose outer periphery faces the reverse side of [ ] the photosensitive material, for conveying the photosensitive material vertically upward, and a drying mechanism for drying the photosensitive material by blowing drying air, from a blowing slit formed at a position opposite to the outer periphery at the conveying portion of the conveying belt, toward the conveying belt.
Claims6
A recording medium drying apparatus wherein a recording medium, which has been subjected to a liquid impregnation process, is pressed against a circulating mesh belt by blowing air from an image recording surface side to the recording medium, and dried while being held on the circulating mesh belt and conveyed, the apparatus comprising:
- a blowing unit provided upstream in the conveying direction of the mesh belt and structured such that liquid droplets on the surface of the recording medium are removed with air blown from the blowing unit.
A photosensitive material drying apparatus comprising:
- an endless conveying belt, whose outer periphery faces the reverse face of the photosensitive material, for conveying the photosensitive material vertically upward by circulating motion;
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- a drying mechanism, for drying the photosensitive material by blowing drying air from the blowing slit toward the conveying belt, having a blowing slit formed at a position opposite to, and at a distance L (mm) that is 6 mm≦L≦10 mm from, the outer periphery at the conveying portion of the conveying belt, wherein the velocity V (m/s) of the drying air is V≧6 m/s, and the relationship between the velocity V (m/s) of the drying air and a coefficient of static friction μ of the conveying belt is μ≧0.0082 V2−0.1968 V+1.3 (when 6≦V≦12), or μ≧0.10 (when V>12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.