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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Honda, Osaka, JP;
Toshikane Nishii, Osaka, JP;
Mizuna Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet inverting device includes a loop pathway including an entrance slot to which a recording medium is conveyed and an exit slot from which the recording medium is conveyed, the loop pathway forming a loop shape to convey the recording medium therethrough in a forward direction defined by a sheet conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed from the entrance slot travels, and a redirectable sheet conveyance member to convey the recording medium traveling through the loop pathway in the forward direction and a reverse direction that is the reverse of the forward direction. The exit slot is configured to convey the recording medium that is conveyed by the redirectable sheet conveyance member in the reverse direction outside the sheet inverting device therethrough.