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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
Applicants:
Hitoshi Ibuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B31F 5/02 (2006.01); B31F 7/00 (2006.01); B65H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/04 (2013.01); B31F 5/02 (2013.01); B31F 7/00 (2013.01); B65H 9/04 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51616 (2013.01); B65H 2404/741 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medium processing device includes a plurality of crimping teeth and circuitry. The plurality of crimping teeth presses and deforms a position on a sheet bundle to bind the sheet bundle. The sheet bundle is a bundle of stacked sheet-shaped media. The plurality of crimping teeth flattens the position pressed and deformed to unbind the sheet bundle. The circuitry causes the plurality of crimping teeth to sandwich the position on the sheet bundle.