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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hasebe, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Hokari, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotake Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Sekimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshinobu Hamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Matsuduki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drying device includes: a drying unit including: a heating space having a heating unit; a drying space that has a conveyance path of a recording medium and in which the recording medium is dried by radiation heat produced by the heating unit; and a partition member that separates the heating space and the drying space from each other in such a manner that gas can move between the heating space and the drying space; a first supply unit that supplies gas to the drying unit in a direction that is opposite to a conveying direction of the recording medium; and a second supply unit that supplies gas to the drying unit in a direction from the heating unit to the partition member.