Patent ID: 8826558

Claim:
A media drying system for removing a moistening liquid from a moistened medium having a first surface and a second surface, the moistening liquid having a moistening-liquid boiling point, comprising: a liquid reservoir containing a heating liquid; a liquid-heating system for warming the heating liquid in the liquid reservoir to a temperature greater than the moistening-liquid boiling point; a rotatable liquid-blocking member having a liquid-blocking layer with an inner surface and an outer surface; and a media-transport system for transporting the moistened medium along a transport path in which the moistened medium is entrained around the liquid-blocking member so that the first surface of the moistened medium is brought into contact with the outer surface of the liquid-blocking layer; wherein the liquid-blocking member and the liquid reservoir are arranged so that an entrained portion of the moistened medium passes through the liquid reservoir, whereby the entrained portion is submerged in the warmed heating liquid bringing the heating liquid into contact with the inner surface of the liquid-blocking layer, such that heat is transferred through the liquid-blocking layer from the warmed heating liquid to the moistening liquid, or heat is transferred from the warmed heating liquid to the second surface of the moistened medium, thereby vaporizing the moistening liquid and removing it from the moistened medium.