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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2024
Applicant:
Yosuke Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yosuke Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/06 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5161 (2013.01); B65H 2511/12 (2013.01); B65H 2553/30 (2013.01); B65H 2553/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet conveying device includes: a conveyor to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction; a sound collector to collect sound generated by a conveyance of the sheet by the conveyor, the sound collector movable in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction; and a circuitry configured to determine whether an abnormal conveyance occurs based on the sound collected by the sound collector.