The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2024
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00222 (2021.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01); B41J 11/00212 (2021.01); B41J 11/00224 (2021.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a dryer unit including an intake port, a heater unit to heat outside air taken in through the intake port, an air blower unit to perform an air blowing operation, a return port to allow an inflow of part of the heated outside air blown to the print sheet, and a temperature detector unit to detect a temperature inside the dryer unit. In the air blowing operation, the returned part of the heated outside air and the outside air flow into the air blower unit. A controller unit controls the air blowing operation or the output of the heater unit.