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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akihiro Toya, Nagano, JP;
Jun Yamada, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 13/18 (2006.01); F26B 17/28 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 13/183 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); F26B 13/18 (2013.01); F26B 17/284 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying apparatus includes: a heat drying section that heats a medium to which a liquid has been applied from a first surface side of the medium; a temperature adjusting section that adjusts a temperature of the medium from a second surface side of the medium, the second surface being on the opposite side to the first surface; and a control section capable of controlling the heat drying section and the temperature adjusting section. The control section controls the heat drying section and the temperature adjusting section individually in accordance with the type of the medium.