DRYER AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE

• Main Authors: KURODA NORITAKA, GONDA YASUHISA, MOMOMURA YASUNORI, YAMAGISHI MASAYUKI, YAMAZAKI TOSHISUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.09.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DRYING; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; HEATING; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LIGHTING; LINING MACHINES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; WEAPONS

To make it possible to perform flowing of air to a recording medium, to which droplets are adhered, in more suitable conditions compared to the case that a distance between a light irradiation position of a light irradiation part and an air blowing position of an air blowing part cannot be changed.SOLUTION: A dryer comprising: a light irradiation part which irradiates a recording medium on a recording medium movement path with light, and evaporates water content of droplets adhered to the recording medium; and an air blowing part which is positioned on a downstream side with respect to the light irradiation part in a movement direction of the recording medium, and blows air to the recording medium on the recording medium movement path. The dryer is so configured that a distance between a light irradiation position of the light irradiation part on the recording medium movement path and an air blowing position of the air blowing part on the recording medium movement path can be changed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】光照射部による光照射位置と空気吹き付け部による空気吹き付け位置との距離が変更できない場合に比べ、液滴が付着した記録媒体への空気の吹き付けを、水分の蒸発により適した条件で行えるようにする。【解決手段】記録媒体移動経路上の記録媒体に光を照射し、記録媒体に付着した液滴の水分を蒸発させる光照射部と、記録媒体移動方向において、光照射部よりも下流側に位置し、記録媒体移動経路上の記録媒体に空気を吹き付ける空気吹き付け部と、を備え、光照射部による記録媒体移動経路上における光照射位置と、空気吹き付け部による記録媒体移動経路上における空気吹き付け位置との距離を変更できるように構成された乾燥装置。【選択図】図２