US Patent Issued to RICOH on Nov. 18 for "Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,163, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device" was invented by Motoharu Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hideaki Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying device includes a sensor, a corrector, and circuitry. The sensor detects a position of a first sheet and multiple second sheets. The corrector corrects the position of the sheet in at least one of a rotational direction or a width direction. The circuitry is to convey the multiple second sheets at a first conveyance speed, reduce the first...