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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Kazune Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Sugita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazune Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Sugita, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes a pickup roller, a separator, a conveyor, and circuitry. The pickup roller contacts an uppermost sheet of sheets stacked on a sheet stacker and feed the uppermost sheet. The separator moves the pickup roller between a contact position at which the pickup roller is in contact with the uppermost sheet and a separation position at which the pickup roller is separated from the uppermost sheet. The conveyor conveys the uppermost sheet fed by the pickup roller. The circuitry is to control the conveyor to temporarily stop conveyance of the uppermost sheet, and control the separator to move the pickup roller from the contact position to the separation position in response to the temporarily stop of the conveyor.