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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Takehira, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Takehira, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Ikenoue, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drying device includes a plurality of guide rollers and a heater. The plurality of guide rollers is configured to contact a liquid applied face of a drying target object that is conveyed with liquid applied to the liquid applied face, while the drying target object is dried. The plurality of guide rollers includes at least one guide roller having a surface roughness of from 2 to 8. The heater is configured to heat the drying target object while the plurality of guide rollers guides the drying target object. A printer includes a liquid application device configured to apply liquid to a drying target object, and the drying device.