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US 9,884,490 B2Granted
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.
Claims9
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;
- a duct to guide air inside the drying section and air inside the cooling section, to a port communicated with an outside of the drying device;
- and
- a first inflow portion through which the air in the drying section flows into the duct;
- and
- a second inflow portion through which the air in the cooling sections flows into the duct,
- wherein, in the duct, the second inflow portion is disposed at a position closer to the port than the first inflow portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.