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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Pfu Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshito Hirai, Ishikawa, JP;
Naoto Yamaguchi, Ishikawa, JP;
Assignee:
PFU LIMITED, Ishikawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/46 (2006.01); B65H 3/08 (2006.01); B65H 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/46 (2013.01); B65H 3/08 (2013.01); B65H 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium conveyance device includes a first separator that separates a first medium from a plurality of mediums, a processor that processes the first medium and sends the processed first medium as a second medium, a second separator that when a non-separation mode is set, conveys the second medium to a next processor, and when a separation mode is set, conveys a third medium, which is separated from the second medium, to the next processor, and a controller that switches between the non-separation mode and the separation mode based on information obtained as a result of processing the first medium.