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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Toshiya Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Teiichiro Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Hamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Komine, Kanagawa, JP;
Huizee Then, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehisa Shibasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiya Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Teiichiro Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Hamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Komine, Kanagawa, JP;
Huizee Then, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehisa Shibasaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a temperature controlling member configured to heat or cool a conveyed substrate to which a liquid is applied, the conveyed substrate contacting an outer peripheral surface of the temperature controlling member; and an upstream inlet air unit configured to draw air between the substrate and the temperature controlling member, the upstream inlet air unit being provided upstream of a contact location of the substrate with the temperature controlling member, in a conveying direction.