ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,370, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Drying device and printing apparatus" was invented by Yasuo Naramatsu (Matsumoto, Japan) and Naotoshi Yanagidaira (Chino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drying device includes a support unit, a heating unit, and a control unit. The heating unit includes a duct, which has a blowing outlet, a suction inlet, and an air port and includes an air flow path, a heating section, a blower, and a first adjustment unit capable of adjusting an amount of air flowing into the air flow path from an outside of the duct through the air port. The control unit is capable of ex...