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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Genichiroh Kawamichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Aizawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Genichiroh Kawamichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Aizawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet correcting device includes a belt pair to sandwich a sheet with an upper belt and a lower belt to convey the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction, a plurality of curved surface members disposed along the sheet conveyance direction, each of the plurality of curved surface members comprising a curved surface to contact the belt pair where the belt pair sandwiches the sheet, a plurality of pressing members facing the curved surface of each of the plurality of curved surface members, respectively, to press the belt pair against the curved surface of each of the plurality of curved surface members, and a heater to heat the sheet via at least one of the upper belt and the lower belt of the belt pair.