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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Takashi Kimura, Fuchu, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Fuchu, JP;
Ryobi Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
In a drying apparatus equipped with a light source to dry a drying matter of a print by irradiating light of the light source to the print, a correlation between information relating to the time for which the light source is lit and information relating to the amount of light of the light source is preset. Then, the information relating to the elapsed time for which the light source is lit during the light source is lit is detected so that light of the light source is controlled to a constant amount, regardless of the elapsed time for which the light source is lit, based on information relating to a reference amount of light, which information is obtained from the preset correlation between the information relating to the time for which the light source is lit and the information relating to the amount of light with reference to the information relating to the elapsed time at the time of the detection.