Patent ID: 11890859
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A sheet heater comprising:
a first conveyance belt to convey a sheet on which a liquid has been discharged in a conveyance direction;
a heater facing the first conveyance belt to heat the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance belt; and
a second conveyance belt disposed upstream of the first conveyance belt in the conveyance direction to convey the sheet to the first conveyance belt,
wherein air sucking the sheet on the second conveyance belt is blown to a returning path of the second conveyance belt so as to cool the second conveyance belt, and
a surface temperature of the second conveyance belt is lower than a surface temperature of the first conveyance belt when the first conveyance belt and the second conveyance belt convey the sheet.