Patent ID: 11919293
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A recording device comprising:
a recording unit configured to perform recording by causing liquid to adhere to a recording medium;
a support unit configured to support the recording medium subjected to printing and transported in a transport direction;
a drying mechanism including a heated air blower including a heat source and a blowing unit;
a number of rotations detecting unit configured to detect a number of rotations of the blowing unit that blows air to the heat source;
a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature of wind supplied by the heated air blower or a temperature of the heated air blower; and
a control unit configured to control the drying mechanism; wherein
the support unit and the heated air blower are disposed sandwiching a transport path of the recording medium at a position downstream of the recording unit in the transport direction,
the control unit controls the number of rotations of the blowing unit based on an output of the number of rotations detecting unit in a state in which a constant power is applied to the heat source,
the control unit controls the number of rotations of the blowing unit based on the output of the number of rotations detecting unit and an output of the temperature detecting unit,
the drying mechanism includes a plurality of compartments aligned in a width direction intersecting the transport direction and
each of the plurality of compartments houses the heated air blower and the temperature detecting unit.