US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Sheet drying apparatus and image forming system provided therewith" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,881, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet drying apparatus and image forming system provided therewith" was invented by Minoru Tokonami (Osaka, Japan), Mitsuhiro Goda (Osaka, Japan), Masaki Murashima (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroyuki Ueda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet drying apparatus includes a conveyance portion, a drying portion, and a sheet lift sensing mechanism. The conveyance portion has a conveyance member that moves while holding a sheet having an image formed on it with ink containing moisture. The drying portion is arranged opposite the conveyance member a...