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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeaki Nakano, Inagi, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Yuji Kanome, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeaki Nakano, Inagi, JP;
Masahiro Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a humidifying unit that generates humidified gas, a drying unit that dries ink applied to a sheet by a recording unit, a first duct that supplies gas discharged from the drying unit to at least one of the humidifying unit and the recording unit, and a second duct that supplies the humidified gas generated by the humidifying unit to the recording unit.