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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Asami, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomomichi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiharu Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kunieda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a roller pair configured to convey a sheet, a sheet bundle conveyer configured to convey a sheet bundle to the roller pair, and circuitry configured to cause the sheet bundle conveyer to contact leading edges of sheets of the sheet bundle to the roller pair and cause the roller pair to rotate in reverse to align the leading edges of the sheets of the sheet bundle.