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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Yusuke Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaroh Fukami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kuriyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yiru Chen, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoh Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Akikazu Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaroh Fukami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Kuriyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yiru Chen, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoh Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Akikazu Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate facing with a given space in a thickness direction and having second and third openings, a sheet conveyance passage between the first and second guide plates, and a sheet conveyor including a drive source, a drive roller, a first driven roller, and a second driven roller. The drive roller protrudes from the first guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the first opening. The first driven roller faces the drive roller and protrudes from the second guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the second opening. The second driven roller protrudes from the second guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the third opening. The second driven roller is disposed at a position shifted from the drive roller in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and the thickness direction.