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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushige Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Hatayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunobu Youda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Osanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushige Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet conveyance device includes a sheet mount on which a standard-sized sheet is mountable; a first conveyor to bring in the sheet from the mount, convey the sheet through a reverse conveyance path such that the sheet passes through a specific operation position, and eject the sheet into a sheet ejection area outside the mount; and a second conveyor to bring in a hard sheet with a higher bending rigidity than the sheet from one end of a straight conveyance path along a plane passing through the specific position of the reverse path, and eject the hard sheet conveyed along the straight path from another end of the straight path at a sheet ejection area side. The mount includes a hard sheet ejection port to let through at least a leading edge portion of the hard sheet to be ejected from the second conveyor in a sheet ejection direction.