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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2018
Applicants:
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 23/04 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/08 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 23/0436 (2013.01); B41F 23/0413 (2013.01); B41F 23/0426 (2013.01); B41F 23/0456 (2013.01); B41F 23/0459 (2013.01); B41F 23/0466 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 15/08 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dryer for drying a drying object includes a hot air generator to generate hot air to be blown onto the drying object, a contact heater to contact and heat the drying object, and a controller to control a heating temperature of the contact heater and a temperature of the hot air. The controller controls the heating temperature of the contact heater to be above a first predetermined temperature from a start of generation of the hot air by the hot air generator until the temperature of the hot air reaches a second predetermined temperature.