Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and sheet folding method

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PATENT NO 9102117
APP PUB NO 20140141956A1
SERIAL NO

14070932

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A sheet processing apparatus includes: a first pair of conveying members that convey a sheet; a second pair of conveying members that receive the sheet conveyed by the first pair of the conveying members and further conveys the sheet to a subsequent stage; and a third pair of conveying members that fold the sheet by rotating the second pair of the conveying members in a reverse direction while the sheet is held by the first pair of the conveying members and the second pair of the conveying members. One of the conveying members of the second pair serves as one of the conveying members of the third pair.

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RICOH COMPANY LIMITED3-6 NAKAMAGOME 1-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 143-8555

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Furuhashi, Tomohiro Kanagawa, JP 131 1665
Goto, Kiichiro Kanagawa, JP 38 456
Kunieda, Akira Tokyo, JP 94 1536
Nagasako, Shuuya Kanagawa, JP 99 3065
Nakada, Kyosuke Kanagawa, JP 31 527
Suzuki, Michitaka Kanagawa, JP 65 1182
Suzuki, Yuuji Kanagawa, JP 36 339
Watanabe, Takahiro Kanagawa, JP 232 2355
Yamamoto, Kazuya Kanagawa, JP 164 2356

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