US Patent Issued to Ricoh on May 27 for "Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet processing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,204, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet processing apparatus" was invented by Haruka Koba (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuuta Hayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet entrance portion, a post-processing device, and circuitry. The sheet entrance portion receives a sheet medium conveyed from an upstream apparatus. The post-processing device separates a two-ply sheet, inserts the sheet medium into the two-ply sheet, and performs a heating operation on the two-ply sheet in which the sheet mediu...