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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Shigeki Kato, Toyoake, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeki Kato, Toyoake, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 13/076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying apparatus provided with a heating portion which includes two nipping members and which is configured to heat a recording medium being nipped by and between the two nipping members, wherein one of the two nipping members is disposed in opposition to the other of the two nipping members, and includes an air-permeable elastic member, and a liquid-repellant film which covers a surface of the elastic member in opposition to the above-indicated other nipping member and which has a plurality of through-holes formed therethrough.