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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicants:
Taiki Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Takahiro Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ebihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Satoshi Kohara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Shimojima, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Taiki Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Takahiro Ogino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ebihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Satoshi Kohara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Shimojima, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/24 (2006.01); B65H 29/52 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/246 (2013.01); B41J 11/0045 (2013.01); B65H 29/52 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42124 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, and a guide. The sheet stacker stacks sheets. The air blower blows air to the sheets. The guide faces an uppermost sheet on the sheet stacker. A set height of a contact portion of the guide to contact the uppermost sheet is changeable.