IP Library Granted Patent US 12,291,019
Granted Patent B2
US 12,291,019 · App. 17/823,332 · Granted May 6, 2025

Drying device and recording device

Inventors: Hiroto Tomioka (Shiojiri, JP); Tadashi Aizawa (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J11/002H05B6/54H05B6/62
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Patent No.
US 12,291,019
App. No.
17/823,332
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a drying device disposed at a predetermined interval from a recording medium and including a heater configured to dry liquid applied to the recording medium with a high frequency wave. The heater includes a first electrode coupled to a power supply that outputs the high frequency wave and a second electrode coupled to the power supply that outputs the high frequency wave and disposed to be separated from the first electrode at a predetermined interval. The distance between the end of the first electrode and the recording medium is longer compared with the distance between the center of the first electrode and the recording medium.

Claims (15)

1. A drying device disposed at a predetermined interval from a recording medium and including a heater configured to dry liquid applied to the recording medium with a high frequency wave, wherein

the heater includes:

a first electrode coupled to a power supply that outputs the high frequency wave; and

a second electrode coupled to the power supply that outputs the high frequency wave and disposed to be separated from the first electrode at a predetermined interval, the second electrode, when viewed from a normal direction of the recording medium, surrounds the first electrode and has a hollowed elliptical shape, the second electrode being configured to prevent induction of a corona discharge, and

a distance between an end of the first electrode and the recording medium is longer compared with a distance between a center of the first electrode and the recording medium.

2. The drying device according to claim 1 , wherein

when viewed from a normal direction of the recording medium, the first electrode has a longitudinal direction and a latitudinal direction, and

a curvature radius of an end of the first electrode in the longitudinal direction is larger than a curvature radius of an end of the first electrode in the latitudinal direction.

3. The drying device according to claim 1 , wherein

the heater includes a third electrode between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the third electrode is not coupled to the power supply.

4. A recording device comprising a plurality of the drying devices according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of drying devices are disposed side by side in a direction crossing a conveying direction of the recording medium.

5. The recording device according to claim 4 , wherein the drying device swings in a state in which the predetermined interval between the drying device and the recording medium is kept.

6. The recording device according to claim 5 , wherein the recording device is a serial-type inkjet recording device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2022
From: TOMIOKA, HIROTO; AIZAWA, TADASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061052/0049 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-140969 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230066326A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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