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US 2017/0165978 A1Published application
Drying device and inkjet printer system including drying device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTetsuya OHBA
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Abstract
A drying device includes a drying section to dry a recording medium; a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the drying section; and a duct to expel air inside the drying section to outside the drying device. The duct includes a joint section where the air from the drying section meets air from the cooling section meet. The air from the drying section containing moisture and solvent medium is cooled in the duct.
Claims7
A drying device comprising:
- a drying section to dry a recording medium;
- a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the drying section;
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- a duct to expel air inside the drying section to outside the drying device,
- the duct including a joint section where the air from the drying section meets air from the cooling section meet,
- wherein the air from the drying section containing moisture and solvent medium is cooled in the duct.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.