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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Tsuchiya, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drying device () includes a liftable and lowerable conveying unit () which conveys a sheet on which ink is ejected, along a conveyance path (); a liftable and lowerable drying unit () which faces the conveyance path () and dries the ink by heat; a lifting and lowering mechanism () capable of lowering a lower unit, which is a unit provided below among the conveying unit () and the drying unit (), by gravity acting on the lower unit and lifting an upper unit, which is a unit provided above among the conveying unit () and the drying unit (), to open the conveyance path (); and a restriction mechanism () which restricts a lowering of the lower unit.