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

Claim 8:
9. 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;
a second conveyance belt disposed upstream of the first conveyance belt in the conveyance direction to convey the sheet to the first conveyance belt;
a guide to guide the sheet from the second conveyance belt to the first conveyance belt;
two or more rollers around which the first conveyance belt is wound; and
a heating structure inside at least one of the two or more rollers to heat said at least one of the two or more rollers,
wherein 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,
the first conveyance belt and the second conveyance belt are separated from each other in the conveyance direction, and
the guide is between the second conveyance belt and the first conveyance belt in the conveyance direction.