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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Suzuka Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Suzuka Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laminating device inserts a sheet-shaped medium into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and partially bonded, and includes a loader, a fixing device, and control circuitry. The loader loads the sheet-shaped medium or a cleaning sheet. The fixing device laminates the two-ply sheet in which the sheet-shaped medium is sandwiched between the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry performs a cleaning mode of conveying a plurality of cleaning sheets from the loader to clean the fixing device. The cleaning mode is to convey a subsequent cleaning sheet of the plurality of cleaning sheets at a position different from a position of a preceding cleaning sheet of the plurality of cleaning sheets in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the plurality of cleaning sheets.