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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, 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;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, 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 an entry portion, a sheet conveyance path extending from the entry portion, a skew correction roller pair that contacts a leading edge of a sheet conveyed in a predetermined direction from the entry portion to correct skew of the sheet, and a receiving path. The skew correction roller pair conveys the skew-corrected sheet in a direction opposite the predetermined direction. The receiving path branches from the sheet conveyance path from the entry portion to the skew correction roller pair to receive the sheet conveyed in the direction opposite the predetermined direction.