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Patent No.:

US 12741457 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

May. 29, 2024

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the sheet processing apparatus

Applicants:

Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;

Ryohsuke Akaishi, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunobu Kidoura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;

Naohiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Kuno, Tokyo, JP;

Ryohsuke Akaishi, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunobu Kidoura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hirofumi Horita, Kanagawa, JP;

Naohiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Alex B Efta

Assistant Examiner:

Alexander S Wright

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 38/10 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 29/64 (2006.01); B65H 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/0053 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 38/10 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 29/64 (2013.01); B65H 39/02 (2013.01); B32B 2037/0061 (2013.01); B32B 2307/4023 (2013.01); B32B 2309/70 (2013.01); B65H 2404/144 (2013.01); B65H 2404/632 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance passage, a sheet separation device, and a conveyance roller pair. The conveyance passage conveys a two-ply sheet having two sheets overlapped and bonded together in a conveyance direction and includes a first branched conveyance passage branched in a first direction, and a second branched conveyance passage branched in a second direction different from the first direction. The sheet separation device separates a non-bonding portion of the two-ply sheet, conveys a first sheet of the two sheets separated from each other to the first branched conveyance passage, and conveys convey a second sheet of the two sheets separated from each other to the second branched conveyance passage. The conveyance roller pair has two rollers that are separable from and contactable with each other, and are disposed on at least one of the first branched conveyance passage or the second branched conveyance passage.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kuno, Satoshi. (2026). Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the sheet processing apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12741457). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12741457

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