US Patent Issued to Canon on Oct. 27 for "Inkjet recording apparatus including a drying device with a duct" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,858, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Inkjet recording apparatus including a drying device with a duct" was invented by Jun Kawakita (Chiba, Japan), Yoshiaki Hara (Chiba, Japan), Kohei Aoki (Chiba, Japan), Hiroshi Kokubo (Tokyo) and Yushi Sadamitsu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a drying device for drying a sheet by blowing air. The drying device includes a first duct with a suction opening for sucking air outside, a second duct with a blowing hole through which the air sucked from the suction opening is blown toward the sheet, a heater for heating air inside of the...