US Patent Issued to Ricoh on Jan. 20 for "Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,266, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" was invented by Dai Iwama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier, a crimper, and a mover. The liquid applier applies liquid on a medium. The crimper crimps and binds multiple media including the medium with the liquid applied. The mover moves the liquid applier. The liquid applier includes a liquid storage, a liquid supply member, a liquid application member, and a liquid supply facilitator. The liquid supply member has first and seco...