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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Tomonori Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tomonori Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/48 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/48 (2013.01); B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 29/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet stacking device include a guide unit and a blower. The guide unit receives a downstream end of a sheet in a sheet conveyance direction and guides the sheet downstream in the sheet conveyance direction. The blower blows air toward the sheet guided by the guide unit. A region of the blower from which the air is blown is changeable in response to a size of the sheet.