US Patent Issued to Ricoh on June 24 for "Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,570, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" was invented by Jun Saito (Kanagawa, Japan), Kei Sasaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazuki Seto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium processing apparatus includes a conveyor, a liquid applier, and a crimper. The conveyor conveys a medium. The liquid applier applies liquid to the medium conveyed by the conveyor. The crimper presses and deforms a medium bundle including at least one medium to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier, to bind the medium bundle. The liquid applie...