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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2021
Yu Wakabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhide Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuki Shiga, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohhei Ohya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yu Wakabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhide Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuki Shiga, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohhei Ohya, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a pair of rollers including a first roller and a second roller to hold a sheet conveyed between the first and second rollers; a biasing member to bias the first roller toward the second roller; a biasing force changer to change a biasing force of the biasing member; control circuitry to, when a predetermined changing condition is met, cause the changer to change the biasing force and cause the rollers to convey the sheet; an operation detector to detect a changing operation of the changer; and a notification device to notify an abnormality of the changing operation when the operation detector detects the abnormality. When the operation detector detects the abnormality, the control circuitry performs sheet conveyance control to cause the rollers to convey the sheet without causing the changer to change the biasing force, regardless of whether the predetermined changing condition is met.