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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Takeshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kawasaki, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Takeshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kawasaki, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Ikuhisa Okamoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A booklet stacker to stack multiple booklets each bound with a ring member includes a stack tray on which multiple booklets are stacked, a shifter disposed upstream from the stack tray in a booklet conveyance direction in which a booklet is conveyed, the shifter to adjust a position of the booklet in a width direction perpendicular to the booklet conveyance direction by shifting the booklet a distance shorter than a ring pitch of the ring member in the width direction, and a booklet conveyer disposed upstream from the stack tray in the booklet conveyance direction, to convey the booklet positioned by the shifter to the stack tray.