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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2023
Applicants:
Akira Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 39/04 (2006.01); B65H 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/0053 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 39/04 (2013.01); B65H 41/00 (2013.01); B32B 2037/0061 (2013.01); B32B 37/185 (2013.01); B65H 2402/30 (2013.01); B65H 2402/441 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet processing unit, a sheet feeder, and a unit cover. The sheet processing unit inserts an inner sheet into a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one ends as a bonding portion. The sheet feeder is disposed above the sheet processing unit and is movable to open to expose the sheet processing unit. The sheet feeder feeds one of the two-ply sheet and the inner sheet. The unit cover is disposed above the sheet processing unit and opens to expose the sheet processing unit.