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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuya Kitaguchi, Fussa, JP;
Mikihiro Yamakawa, Kodaira, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 38/145 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 41/00 (2013.01); B32B 2309/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laminating system includes: a laminator that performs a laminating process by overlaying a film on a plurality of sheets conveyed; and a hardware processor that, before the laminating process, adjusts an interval between sheets, the interval varying in an image former, such that a leading end and a trailing end of the sheets conveyed from the image former are superposed or the interval between the sheets conveyed from the image former is reduced.