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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drying device includes a first heater, a second heater, a conveyance path, and an infrared heater. The first heater contacts and heats a medium on which liquid is applied. The second heater contacts and heats the medium. The second heater contacts the medium at a distance longer than a distance at which the first heater contacts the medium. The conveyance path of the medium includes a first conveyance-path portion and a second conveyance-path portion. The medium is conveyed while contacting the first heater in the first conveyance-path portion. The first conveyance-path portion is disposed upstream from the second heater in a direction of conveyance of the medium. The second conveyance-path portion is disposed downstream from the second heater in the direction of conveyance of the medium. The infrared heater is disposed in the second conveyance-path portion, to irradiate an infrared ray to the medium.