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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Takashi Ebihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Kuraichi Fukaya, Ibaraki, JP;
Yutaka Nagasawa, Chiba, JP;
Shinji Nagayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Takashi Ebihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Kuraichi Fukaya, Ibaraki, JP;
Yutaka Nagasawa, Chiba, JP;
Shinji Nagayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pretreatment liquid application drying device includes a conveying unit configured to convey a continuous recording medium; an application device configured to apply a pretreatment liquid on the recording medium; a heating drying device disposed at a downstream side of the application device in a recording medium conveying direction, including first and second drying units that are connected in a separable manner, the first and second drying units respectively configured to dry one side and the other side of the recording medium; and a cockling suppressing mechanism configured to curve the heated recording medium in the conveying direction, the cockling suppressing mechanism being provided on at least one of an upstream and a downstream side in the conveying direction near the heating drying device. A part of the cockling suppressing mechanism moves in conjunction with a separating and connecting movement of the heating drying device.