公开(公告)号：US20020028090A1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-07

申请号：US09854917

申请日：2001-05-15

申请人： SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD

发明人： Seong-soo Shin ,  Hyun-goo Woo ,  Won-seok Lee ,  Jae-myoung Choi

IPC分类号： G03G015/11

CPC分类号： G03G15/11 ,  G03G2215/017

摘要： A drying unit and method of drying for a liquid electrophotographic printing apparatus, the drying unit that is equipped in the printing apparatus comprising a developing unit that develops an image on an photosensitive medium using a liquid carrier as a mediator and a transfer unit that transcribes the developed image on a printing paper, so that the liquid carrier remaining on the photosensitive medium can be dried. The drying unit for the liquid electrophotographic printing apparatus is positioned near the photosensitive medium and includes a manifold having an inlet and an outlet; an inlet-outlet channel being between the inlet and the outlet and connecting them; a gas flowing unit by which the gas in the manifold is discharged through the outlet and gas flows in the manifold through the inlet; a condenser that condenses the evaporated carrier discharged through the outlet; and a heater that heats the gases flowing in the manifold through the inlet. Also, the liquid carrier drying method includes determining the injection condition; heating injection air according to the determined gas injection condition and evaporating the carrier on the photosensitive medium by injecting the heated gas at a predetermined speed in the manifold; discharging out of the manifold the carrier evaporated from the photosensitive medium and the air flowing in; and condensing the evaporated carrier at the manifold, of reheating the gas that is not condensed, injecting the gas at a predetermined speed into the manifold.

摘要翻译： 一种用于液体电子照相打印设备的干燥单元和干燥方法，所述干燥单元配备在所述打印设备中，所述打印设备包括使用液体载体作为介质在感光介质上显影图像的显影单元和转印单元 在打印纸上显影图像，使得残留在感光介质上的液体载体可以被干燥。 用于液体电子照相打印设备的干燥单元位于感光介质附近，并且包括具有入口和出口的歧管; 入口 - 出口通道位于入口和出口之间并连接它们; 歧管中的气体通过出口排出的气体流动单元，并且气体在歧管中通过入口流动; 冷凝器，冷凝通过出口排放的蒸发载体; 以及加热器，其通过入口加热在歧管中流动的气体。 此外，液体载体干燥方法包括确定注射条件; 根据所确定的气体注入条件加热注射空气，并通过在歧管中以预定速度注入加热的气体来蒸发感光介质上的载体; 从歧管中排出的载体从感光介质蒸发并流入空气中; 并且在歧管处冷凝蒸发的载体，对未冷凝的气体进行再加热，以预定速度将气体注入到歧管中。