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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuuya Nagasako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Tsutsui, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihito Andoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/308 ;
Abstract
A sheet-shaped medium aligning apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a sheet-shaped medium after-treatment apparatus where an arranging device is moved from a position predetermined to arrange sheet-shaped mediums on a sheet piling device to a position receiving the sheet-shaped mediums in a body so that, in taking out the sheet-shaped mediums from the body, an injury of hands or destruction of the arranging device can be prevented.