Cooling a recording medium using an eddy air flow
US8301069B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1645
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cooling apparatus includes: a stacker vessel in which a medium having a fixed visible image is ejected and stacked; and an eddy flow generating device that is arranged in an upper portion of the stacker vessel, and generates an eddy flow which flows along a surface of the medium transported into the stacker vessel to make an eddy and cools the medium.
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