Ink drying apparatus and ink-jet printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Nakazawa, Yoshimasa Araki
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Abstract
An ink drying apparatus (10) according to the present invention is provided with a gas passage (46) through which a printed material (14) to which ink is attached passes. Further, flow applying unit (48) configured to flow a gas in the gas passage (46) in a predetermined direction, heating unit (60) configured to heat the gas in the gas passage (46), and solvent removing unit (71) configured to remove a solvent in the ink from the gas passage (46) are provided. In the ink drying apparatus (10), the heating unit (60) and the solvent removing unit (71) are associated with each other such that heat can transfer from the solvent removing unit (71) to the heating unit (60) by a heat transmission unit.
Claims11
An ink drying apparatus comprising:
- a gas passage through which a printed material passes, wherein ink is attached to the printed material;
- a flow applying unit configured to flow a gas in the gas passage in a predetermined direction;
- a heating unit configured to heat the gas in the gas passage;
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- a solvent removing unit configured to remove a solvent in the ink from the gas passage,
- wherein the heating unit and the solvent removing unit are associated with each other such that heat can transfer from the solvent removing unit to the heating unit by a heat transmission unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.