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Granted Patent B2
US 10,723,119 · App. 15/913,830 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Dryer, printer, and treatment liquid applicator

Inventors: Yoshiaki Hoshino (Kanagawa, JP); Ken Onodera (Kanagawa, JP); Toshihiro Yoshinuma (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
B41F23/0436B41F23/0413B41F23/0426B41F23/0456B41F23/0459B41F23/0466B41J11/002B41J15/08B41M5/0011B41M7/009
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,723,119
App. No.
15/913,830
Filed
Mar 6, 2018
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3762
USPC
34/68
Abstract

A dryer for drying a drying object includes a hot air generator to generate hot air to be blown onto the drying object, a contact heater to contact and heat the drying object, and a controller to control a heating temperature of the contact heater and a temperature of the hot air. The controller controls the heating temperature of the contact heater to be above a first predetermined temperature from a start of generation of the hot air by the hot air generator until the temperature of the hot air reaches a second predetermined temperature.

Claims (33)

1. A dryer for drying a drying object comprising:

a hot air generator to generate hot air to be blown onto the drying object;

a contact heater to contact and heat the drying object; and

a controller to control a heating temperature of the contact heater and a temperature of the hot air,

wherein the controller controls the heating temperature of the contact heater to be above a first predetermined temperature from a start of generation of the hot air by the hot air generator until the temperature of the hot air reaches a second predetermined temperature.

2. The dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the hot air generator includes:

a chamber;

a blower to send air to the chamber; and

a radiation heater to heat the air in the chamber.

3. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein the chamber includes a nozzle that ejects the air in the chamber from the nozzle;

the radiation heater is disposed outside the chamber and adjacent to the chamber; and

the radiation heater heats the air in the chamber with a radiant heat from the radiation heater.

4. The dryer according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of chambers disposed adjacent with each other,

wherein the radiation heater is disposed between adjacent two of the plurality of chambers, and

the radiation heater heats the air in the adjacent two of the plurality of chambers with the radiant heat from the radiation heater.

5. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein the radiation heater is disposed to face the drying object to apply a radiant heat to the drying object.

6. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein the hot air generator includes:

a hot air generating device including a blower and a heater to generate hot air;

the chamber including a nozzle to blown out the hot air generated by the hot air generating device from the nozzle; and

the radiation heater to heat the air in the chamber,

wherein the radiation heater is disposed outside the chamber and adjacent to the chamber, and

the radiation heater heats the hot air in the chamber with a radiant heat from the radiation heater.

7. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein the radiation heater is an infrared heater.

8. The dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the hot air generator includes:

a hot air generating device including a blower and a heater to generate hot air; and

a part including a nozzle to blown out the hot air generated by the hot air generating device from the nozzle.

9. The dryer according to claim 1 , wherein the contact heater is a heating roller.

10. A printer comprising:

a liquid applicator to apply liquid to the drying object; and

the dryer according to claim 1 .

11. A treatment liquid applicator comprising:

an applier to apply treatment liquid to the drying object; and

the dryer according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: HOSHINO, YOSHIAKI; ONODERA, KEN; YOSHINUMA, TOSHIHIRO
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045132/0361 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-052046 · Mar 17, 2017 · national
JP 2017-246666 · Dec 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180264803A1 · Sep 20, 2018
Cited By (1)
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