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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Okada, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 55/06 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B29K 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B29C 37/00 (2013.01); B29C 55/06 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 11/0005 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01); B29C 2037/90 (2013.01); B29C 2795/002 (2013.01); B29K 2027/06 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying apparatus includes: a heating drying portion that heats and dries a thermoplastic medium to which a liquid has been applied; and a pressurizing portion that pressurizes the thermoplastic medium heated by the heating drying portion to correct a shape of the thermoplastic medium. The pressurizing portion pressurizes, while heating, the heated thermoplastic medium in accordance with a state of the thermoplastic medium deformed.