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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuuzoh Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoh Idehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuguyori Kemma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01); D06P 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); G03G 15/1695 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 15/6591 (2013.01); D06P 1/44 (2013.01); D06P 5/30 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00527 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2019 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heating apparatus includes a body and a holder removably placed inside the body. The holder removably holds a heating object. A receiver removably holds the holder. A heater heats the heating object held by the holder held by the receiver. A mover moves one of the receiver and the heater vertically relative to another one of the receiver and the heater to a non-contact heating position where the heating object is isolated from the heater.