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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoko Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium by discharging liquid droplets onto the medium; and a media heater to heat the medium by contacting a rear surface of the medium opposite a surface of the medium on which the image is formed, in which the media heater includes a contact member with a contact surface having a predetermined curvature that the medium contacts, the contact member is a roller member, and the medium closely contacts the contact surface of the contact member across an entire width of the medium in a direction perpendicular to the media conveyance direction.