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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2021
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing device separates a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and partially bonded and sandwich a sheet medium between the two sheets. The sheet processing device includes a relay conveyance path, a sheet loader, and control circuitry. The sheet medium is fed from an image forming apparatus connected upstream of the sheet processing device through the relay conveyance path. The sheet loader loads at least one of the two-ply sheet and the sheet medium. The control circuitry performs a mixing mode to feed the two-ply sheet or the sheet medium from the sheet loader.