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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Tetsuya Ohba, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuya Ohba, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41F 23/04 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41F 23/0483 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying device includes a drying section to dry a recording medium; a cooling section to cool the recording medium conveyed from the drying section; and a duct to expel air inside the drying section to outside the drying device. The duct includes a joint section where the air from the drying section meets air from the cooling section meet. The air from the drying section containing moisture and solvent medium is cooled in the duct.