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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicants:
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); F26B 13/10 (2006.01); F26B 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); F26B 3/283 (2013.01); F26B 13/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveying device includes a blower, a conveyor, and an upstream blower. The blower blows air to a sheet material. The conveyor includes a sandwiching unit to sandwich the sheet material, and conveys the sheet material to a blowing region of the blower. The upstream blower blows air toward a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the sheet material, from an upstream side of the blowing region in the conveyance direction of the sheet material to the blowing region.