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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2021
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Sawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusaku Hida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Genichiroh Kawamichi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Sawase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryusaku Hida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Genichiroh Kawamichi, Ibaraki, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet heater includes a first conveyance belt configured to convey a sheet on which a liquid has been discharged in a conveyance direction, a heating unit facing the first conveyance belt, the heating unit configured to heat the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance belt, and a second conveyance belt disposed upstream of the first conveyance belt in the conveyance direction, the second conveyance belt configured to convey the sheet to the first conveyance belt. A surface temperature of the second conveyance belt is lower than a surface temperature of the first conveyance belt when the first conveyance belt and the second conveyance belt convey the sheet.