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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes conveyers to convey a sheet. The conveyers include a registration conveyer which a plurality of sheets is to sequentially contact and is configured to bend a preceding sheet contacting the registration conveyer toward a direction in which the preceding sheet does not obstruct an entry of a following sheet to the registration conveyer when the conveyers overlay and convey the plurality of sheets after the plurality of sheets sequentially contacts the registration conveyer.