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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Hironori Minagawa, Moriya, JP;
Yuichi Mizo, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Ootsu, Toride, JP;
Junichi Hagiwara, Tsuchiura, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kunihiko Kawakita, Iga, JP;
Yasushi Tamura, Toride, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Moriya, JP;
Yuichi Mizo, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Ootsu, Toride, JP;
Junichi Hagiwara, Tsuchiura, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kunihiko Kawakita, Iga, JP;
Yasushi Tamura, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for heat-treating a toner includes a raw-material supply unit configured to supply a toner treatment space with a raw-material toner, a hot-air supply unit configured to heat-treat the raw-material toner in the toner treatment space, a suction and ejection unit configured to eject hot air used for the heat treatment of the raw-material toner, and a waste-heat recovery and supply unit configured to recover heat from the hot air ejected by the suction and ejection unit and supply the hot-air supply unit with the recovered heat.