US Patent Issued to SCREEN Holdings on Sept. 8 for "Base-material drying device and printing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,651, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Base-material drying device and printing device" was invented by Yoshihiro Nishida (Kyoto, Japan) and Shiro Kitawaki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer includes a plurality of transport rollers, turn bars, and a heater. Some of the transport rollers support the continuous base material transported in the +Y direction in a first position in the Z direction. Some of the transport rollers support the continuous base material transported in the -Y direction in a second position in the Z direction. The turn bars support the continuous base ...