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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Tomoya Hotani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drying device () is a drying device which dries a sheet while conveying the sheet. The drying device () includes a conveying part () which conveys the sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction; a heating part () which is arranged above the conveying part () and dries the sheet conveyed by the conveying part (); and a supporting part () which supports the conveying part () in a heating position where the sheet is heated by the heating part (), by power supplying, wherein when the power supplying to the supporting part () is cut off, a force by which the conveying part () is supported in the heating position is weakened, and the conveying part () is lowered to a retreating position separated downward from the heating part ().