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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Ibaraki, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet suction device includes a drum including multiple suction holes in a circumferential surface of the drum, the drum configured to bear a sheet on the circumferential surface and rotate, a suction device configured to suck the sheet through the multiple suction holes, a rotary valve between the multiple suction holes of the drum and the suction device, the rotary valve configured to rotate relative to the drum to change a number of the multiple suction holes communicating with the suction device, and a driver configured to relatively rotate the drum and the rotary valve.
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