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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaro Harada, Nagano, JP;
Kohei Ueno, Nagano, JP;
Akinori Muromachi, Nagano, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Nagano, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Nagano, JP;
Tsuyoshi Furumido, Nagano, JP;
Hirohisa Adachi, Matsukawa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An intermediate unit includes a transportation path provided with a drying unit that accelerates the drying of the medium. The transportation path includes an inlet path, an outlet path, a first branch path, a second branch path, a first junction path, a second junction path, a switch-back type inversion path with a first inversion path and a second inversion path. The first branch path and the second branch path which branch off at a branch point from the inlet path. The first junction path and the second junction path and the outlet path join each other at a junction point. The first branch path and the first junction path and the first inversion path join each other at a first connection point. The second branch path and the second junction path and the second inversion path join each other at a second connection point.