US Patent Issued to Ricoh on Sept. 8 for "Heating device and liquid discharge apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,652, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Heating device and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Shohgo Takeuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes a belt, a heater, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a circuitry, and a heat-source controller. The heater includes a heat source to heat the belt. The first temperature sensor is disposed at a position facing the heater via the belt and separated from the belt to detect a first temperature of the belt. The second temperature sensor is disposed at a position directly facing the heater and separated from the ...