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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhisa Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drying device includes a contact heater unit to contact and heat a medium. The contact heater unit includes a plurality of heating members each having a curved contact face to contact the medium among plural heating members of the plurality of heating members to contact a first surface of the medium opposite a second surface of the medium on which liquid is applied. The plurality of heating members includes a first heating member and a plurality of second heating members. The first heating member has a maximum contact distance to contact the medium. The plurality of second heating members is disposed upstream from the first heating member in a direction of conveyance of the medium. Two heating members of the plurality of second heating members immediately upstream from the first heating member in the direction of conveyance of the medium contact the first surface of the medium.