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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:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Ippei Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Ippei Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 27/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 27/00 (2013.01); B65H 3/0638 (2013.01); B65H 3/56 (2013.01); B65H 5/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42262 (2013.01); B65H 2301/44324 (2013.01); B65H 2404/12 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet handling device includes a shaft, a roller, and a joint. The roller is detachably attached on an end portion of the shaft. The joint is mounted on the end of the shaft and has a claw at a tip of the joint. The claw of the joint is configured to position the roller in a thrust direction along the shaft while an inner circumferential surface of the roller is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the shaft. The inner circumferential surface of the roller has a cylindrical shape.