公开(公告)号：US10946673B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16480656

申请日：2018-01-10

Applicant: THINK LABORATORY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Shigeki Tanabe ,  Kaku Shigeta

IPC: B41J11/00 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/50

Abstract: Provided are a surface drying device for a sheet-like non-permeable base material with enhanced drying efficiency on a surface of a sheet-like non-permeable base material having a liquid adhering to a surface thereof, and a printing apparatus and a printing method using the surface drying device. The surface drying device for a sheet-like non-permeable base material includes: a loading port for loading a sheet-like non-permeable base material with a liquid adhering surface; an air nozzle configured to spray high-temperature air; an unloading port for unloading the sheet-like non-permeable base material; an air shield zone forming portion, which is formed between the loading port and the unloading port, and is configured to form a heat-insulating air shield so as to cover the liquid adhering surface of the sheet-like non-permeable base material; and a retained air exhaust portion configured to exhaust retained air retained on the liquid adhering surface of the sheet-like non-permeable base material to outside of the air shield zone forming portion through use of a Coanda effect, to thereby replace liquid adhering surface air on the liquid adhering surface of the sheet-like non-permeable base material.