US 12,325,228 B2
Drying device and image forming system
Tomoya Hotani, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/548,459
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/007981
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/186084, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-031495 (JP), filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131853 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0227416 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/03 (2006.01); B41J 13/08 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/00216 (2021.01) [B41J 13/03 (2013.01); B41J 13/08 (2013.01); B65H 5/021 (2013.01); B65H 2403/94 (2013.01); B65H 2404/2682 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drying device which dries a sheet while conveying the sheet, the drying device comprising:
a conveying part which conveys the sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction;
a heating part which is arranged above the conveying part and dries the sheet conveyed by the conveying part; and
a supporting part which supports the conveying part in a heating position where the sheet is heated by the heating part, by power supplying, wherein
when the power supplying to the supporting part is cut off, a force by which the conveying part is supported in the heating position is weakened, and the conveying part is lowered to a retreating position separated downward from the heating part.