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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Sakamoto, Broomfield, CO (US);
Sho Sawahata, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Sakamoto, Broomfield, CO (US);
Sho Sawahata, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drying device includes a plurality of blowers to blow air onto an object to be dried, the plurality of blowers being disposed along a direction of conveyance of the object to be dried, and a plurality of heaters to heat air inside the plurality of blowers. Each of the plurality of blowers includes an elongated nozzle arranged along a nozzle direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the object to be dried, and an airflow generator to generate airflow to be blown from the elongated nozzle. The plurality of blowers includes a first blower including the airflow generator at a first end of the first blower in the nozzle direction and a second blower including the airflow generator at a second end of the second blower opposite the first end in the nozzle direction.