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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Atsushi Yanaka, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Yanaka, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00218 (2021.01); B41J 11/00214 (2021.01); B41J 11/00216 (2021.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head to discharge a liquid onto a medium along a discharge path; an irradiator adjacent to the head to irradiate the liquid on the medium with a curing light to cure the liquid on the medium, the irradiator including a housing; a suction port from which air is inhaled into the housing to cool the irradiator, an exhaust port from which the air is exhausted outside the housing through an exhaust channel; and a partition to separate the exhaust channel from the discharge path.