Drying device
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorFutoshi Yoshida
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Abstract
A photosensitive material is dried by radiating heat from a guide plate, having high emissivity, which is disposed along a conveying path and is heated by a ceramic heater. Further, the photosensitive material is dried by a warm air, which is heated by a heater, blown onto the photosensitive material from nozzles. In the drying, because the warm air is also heated by the heated guide plate, the warm air can be risen to a predetermined temperature efficiently. Accordingly, because transferring the radiating heat and the blowing the warm air are performed at a same position (a same member), the drying can be performed efficiently without enlarging the device.
Claims7
A drying device for drying a wet image recording medium conveyed on a conveying path, comprising:
- a plate member disposed along the conveying path, the plate member including blowing holes through which a wind for drying is blown onto the image recording medium and facing the conveyed image recording medium, wherein the plate member comprises a sloped portion and a horizontal portion, the horizontal portion being disposed parallel to the conveying path;
- a first heating device for directly heating the plate member, the heating device being disposed on or inside the plate member, wherein the first heating device is disposed on the sloped portion of the plate member;
- a second heating device disposed at a wind for drying supplying path, wherein the wind for drying supplying path supplies the wind for drying to the blowing holes of the plate member, the second heating device being disposed on the horizontal portion of the plate member,
- wherein the wind for drying is heated by both the first heating device and the second heating device.
A drying device for drying a wet image recording medium conveyed on a conveying path, comprising:
- a plate member disposed along the conveying path, the plate member including blowing holes through which a wind for drying is blown onto the image recording medium and facing the conveyed image recording medium, wherein the plate member comprises a sloped portion and a horizontal portion, the horizontal portion being disposed parallel to the conveying path;
- a first heating device for directly heating the plate member, the heating device being disposed on or inside the plate member, wherein the first heating device is disposed on the sloped portion of the plate member;
- a second heating device disposed at a wind for drying supplying path, wherein the wind for drying supplying path supplies the wind for drying to the blowing holes of the plate member, the second heating device being disposed on the horizontal portion of the plate member,
- wherein the wind for drying is heated by both the first heating device and the second heating device, and
- wherein a total area of the blowing holes with respect to an area of the plate member is from approximately 2% to approximately 10%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.