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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Suzuka Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Suzuka Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing device includes a conveyor, a rotator, a separator, and control circuitry. The conveyor conveys a sheet-shaped medium into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and partially bonded, and includes a drive roller and a driven roller. The rotator winds the two-ply sheet. The separator separates the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a winding direction to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator to generate a space between the two sheets, and causes the separator to insert into the space between the two sheets to separate the two sheets. The drive roller and the rotator are disposed on a same side with respect to a sheet conveyance passage of the two-ply sheet, and the driven roller and the rotator are disposed on opposite sides with respect to the sheet conveyance passage.