US 11,752,782 B2
Heating device, liquid discharge apparatus, and printer
Kohki Asada, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo (JP); Genichiroh Kawamichi, Ibaraki (JP); and Ryusaku Hida, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kohki Asada, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuaki Kamihara, Tokyo (JP); Genichiroh Kawamichi, Ibaraki (JP); and Ryusaku Hida, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,034.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-100539 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402280 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/00222 (2021.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating device comprising:
a blower configured to blow air, the blower comprising a channel member defining a channel of the air; and
a heater disposed outside the channel member,
wherein the channel member has end portions and a central portion in a longitudinal direction, each of the end portions having higher heat absorption property than the central portion, and
said each of the end portions of the channel member faces the heater.