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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2024
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Hirono, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Shinoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuto Tohkaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Suzuka Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Naofumi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanako Fujisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Hirono, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Shinoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuto Tohkaishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Suzuka Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Naofumi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Nozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanako Fujisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet folder includes a conveyor conveying a sheet, a first folding roller and a second folding roller that form a first nip, a third folding roller forming a second nip with the second folding roller, a first guide movable between a first guide posture and a first retracted posture, a second guide movable between a second guide posture and a second retracted posture, and a motor. The motor rotates the second folding roller forward to convey the sheet toward the first nip, reverse to convey the sheet toward the second nip, moves the first guide to arrange in the first guide in the first guide posture or the first retracted posture, and moves the second guide to arrange the second guide in the second guide posture or the second retracted posture.