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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Takaharu Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Yuto Suzuki, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41F 23/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14088 (2013.01); B41F 23/0426 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying apparatus for drying a printing medium having ink droplets dispensed thereto includes a rotatable drive roller, and a warm air blasting unit. The warm air blasting unit includes a pair of warm air blasting portions, and one air intake duct. Each warm air blasting portion has a nozzle case, a fan duct, and a blasting fan. The one air intake duct has a suction fan for feeding ambient air into the air intake duct.