SHEET DRYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH

Abstract: a sheet drying apparatus includes a conveyance portion and a drying portion. the conveyance portion conveys a sheet on which an image is formed with ink containing moisture. the drying portion is arranged opposite the conveyance portion and heats and dries the sheet. the drying portion includes a heating unit having a plurality of infrared heaters extending in the width direction horizontally orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the sheet and arranged side by side along the conveyance direction and a plurality of reflectors that surround the infrared heaters from a direction opposite to the conveyance portion, and a hot air fan arranged opposite the conveyance portion across the heating unit and blowing toward the conveyance portion hot air heated as a result of air passing through the interval between the reflectors. as many reflectors as the infrared heaters are arranged such that each reflector surrounds one infrared heater individually.

Inventor(s): Hiroyuki UEDA, Mitsuhiro GODA, Masaki MURASHIMA, Minoru TOKONAMI

CPC Classification: B41J11/00222 (Devices or arrangements {of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers,} for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form (script supports connected to the typewriter or printer ))

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