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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:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Takashi Ebihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Ebihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/68 (2006.01); B65H 3/12 (2006.01); B65H 3/48 (2006.01); B65H 3/54 (2006.01); B65H 3/66 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/68 (2013.01); B65H 3/128 (2013.01); B65H 3/48 (2013.01); B65H 3/54 (2013.01); B65H 3/66 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 2402/53 (2013.01); B65H 2404/61 (2013.01); B65H 2405/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, a guide, and a holder. The sheet stacker stacks sheets. The air blower blows air to the sheets on the sheet stacker. The guide is disposed facing an uppermost sheet of the sheets on the sheet stacker. The holder holds the guide and has a groove along which the guide is inserted. The groove has a plurality of direction switching portions at each of which the guide changes a direction of movement when the groove receives the guide.