{"number":"US12697823B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Printing apparatus and printing method","english":"Printing apparatus and printing method"},"abstract":{"original":"A printing apparatus includes a dryer unit including an intake port, a heater unit to heat outside air taken in through the intake port, an air blower unit to perform an air blowing operation, a return port to allow an inflow of part of the heated outside air blown to the print sheet, and a temperature detector unit to detect a temperature inside the dryer unit. In the air blowing operation, the returned part of the heated outside air and the outside air flow into the air blower unit. A controller unit controls the air blowing operation or the output of the heater unit.","english":"A printing apparatus includes a dryer unit including an intake port, a heater unit to heat outside air taken in through the intake port, an air blower unit to perform an air blowing operation, a return port to allow an inflow of part of the heated outside air blown to the print sheet, and a temperature detector unit to detect a temperature inside the dryer unit. In the air blowing operation, the returned part of the heated outside air and the outside air flow into the air blower unit. A controller unit controls the air blowing operation or the output of the heater unit."},"applicants":["CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA"],"inventors":["SHOICHI ZENSAI","YUSUKE NAKAYA","YOHEI KUSANO"],"filingDate":"2024-09-06","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697823B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697823B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697823B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697823B2"}}