The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing device sandwiches a sheet-shaped medium in a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and partially bonded. The sheet processing device includes a separator, a conveyor, and a switching member. The separator separates the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor is disposed downstream from the separator in a sheet conveyance direction and conveys the two-ply sheet. The switching member is disposed downstream from the conveyor in the sheet conveyance direction. The switching member switches a conveyance path of the two-ply sheet to convey the two-ply sheet to a fixing path on which fixing processing is performed on the two-ply sheet or a non-fixing path on which no fixing processing is performed on the two-ply sheet.