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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Joji Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohsuke Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing device includes a conveyor, a rotator, a separator, and control circuitry. The conveyor conveys a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at a portion of the two-ply sheet. The rotator winds the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a winding direction to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator such that a sagging space is created in the two-ply sheet, and causes the separator to insert into the sagging space to separate the two-ply sheet into two sheets. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a direction opposite the winding direction before an insertion of the separator into the sagging space.