The anti-drop members 7l and 7r are provided to each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l, and the respective anti-drop peripheral surfaces 711 of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r adjoin the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l. In this configuration, on the occurrence of oblique traveling of the printing medium M, the printing medium M is deviated from the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l to the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of the anti-drop member 7l or 7r. Specifically, the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of each of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r allows the printing medium M to be supported while providing the clearance from the front surface M1 of the printing medium M deviated by the oblique traveling.

A clothes dryer including a cabinet, a drum rotatably supported in the cabinet, a supply port configured to guide air into the drum, an exhaust port configured to guide the air in the drum to an outside of the drum, and a lint removing apparatus configured to remove lint from the air passing through the exhaust port. Where the lint removing apparatus includes a lint filter configured to capture lint, a rotation member rotatably installed to scrape and collect the lint captured in the lint filer, a driving device configured to generate power, a first coupler connected to the driving device to receive the power from the driving device, and a second coupler coupled to the first coupler to transmit the power to the rotation member.

A drying apparatus includes a drying furnace which a medium to be conveyed enters, a heater configured to heat the medium in the drying furnace, an exhaust section configured to exhaust air from the drying furnace, and a movable section configured to move, wherein an intake port through which air flows from an outside of the drying furnace into the drying furnace opens in the drying furnace, the exhaust section includes a duct extending from the drying furnace and a fan configured to exhaust the air from an inside of the drying furnace toward the outside of the drying furnace through the duct, and the movable section moves to thereby adjust at least one of an intake volume of the air inflowing through the intake port and an exhaust volume of the air discharged from the drying furnace.

An electrode plate drying furnace includes a supply pipe through which a fluid is introduced from outside, a drying duct connected to the supply pipe, a plurality of nozzles connected to a bottom of the drying duct and configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid toward an electrode substrate being transported below the electrode plate drying furnace. The furnace also includes a distribution plate auxiliary apparatus disposed between the distribution plate and at least one of nozzles within the drying duct. A composite portion for an electrode plate is applied to the electrode substrate. The drying duct is configured to allow the fluid to move through the drying duct. A distribution plate is connected to a lower end of the supply pipe within the drying duct and is configured to distribute the fluid flowing from the supply pipe toward the plurality of nozzles.

A sheet conveying device includes a first conveying portion at which a band-like sheet including a first surface and a second surface is conveyed with the first surface facing downward, a turn portion that includes a convex surface, is provided at downstream of the first conveying portion in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and turns the sheet along the convex surface with the first surface facing inside, a second conveying portion provided at downstream of the turn portion in the conveyance direction, and an air jet device that includes an air nozzle that is provided at a boundary portion between the first conveying portion and the turn portion and extends in the width direction of the sheet and jets air from the air nozzle. The air nozzle is configured such that a width thereof in the conveyance direction can be adjusted.

A drying device includes a conveying unit, a hot air blowing unit, a passage forming unit, and an adjusting unit. The conveying unit conveys a medium to which a liquid is discharged from a discharging head. The hot air blowing unit includes a blowing unit that blows air, and a heating unit that heats air. The passage forming unit forms, between the hot air blowing unit and a region on a conveying unit conveyance path, a circulation path through which air blown from the hot air blowing unit is circulated. The adjusting unit adjusts a ratio between inside air circulating through the circulation path and outside air that is introduced into the circulation path. If a temperature increase condition is established, the adjusting unit increases a ratio of the inside air. If a temperature decrease condition is established, the adjusting unit increases a ratio of the outside air.