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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Hara, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/005 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0057 (2013.01); B41J 11/0022 (2021.01); B41J 11/00222 (2021.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 11/00224 (2021.01); B41J 2002/012 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16591 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink jetter that jets ink and a transfer unit that has a ring-shaped intermediate transfer body. The transfer unit transfers, to a recording medium, a primary image formed on an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer body with the ink that is jetted to land on the outer circumferential surface by the ink jetter. The transfer unit includes a heater that heats air in an internal space of the intermediate transfer body enclosed by an inner circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer body, and an air mover that flows the air in the internal space.