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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Applicants:
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Mitsuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hideaki Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Mitsuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/20 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); F26B 13/08 (2006.01); F26B 13/18 (2006.01); F26B 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0055 (2013.01); F26B 3/30 (2013.01); F26B 13/08 (2013.01); F26B 13/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying device includes a first-heating rotator configured to contact a sheet twice from different directions, and at least three second-heating rotators each configured to contact the sheet once. The at least three second-heating rotators are in a conveyance path configured to guide the sheet to contact the first-heating rotator again after the sheet contacts and passes the first-heating rotator.