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US 11,548,748 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorJumpei Aoyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a sheet conveyor, a sheet stacker, and circuitry. The sheet conveyor is configured to convey a sheet on which liquid is applied. The sheet stacker is configured to stack the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor. The circuitry is configured to control conveyance of the sheet. The circuitry is configured to cause the sheet conveyor to expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing, and convey the sheet to the sheet stacker.
Claims25
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a liquid applicator to apply liquid on a sheet;
- a sheet conveyor configured to convey the sheet on which the liquid has been applied;
- a sheet stacker configured to stack the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor;
- and
- circuitry configured to control conveyance of the sheet, the circuitry being configured to cause the sheet conveyor to:
- move the sheet on which the liquid is applied in a first direction which is a same direction the sheet is moving when the sheet passes the liquid applicator;
- move the sheet on which the liquid is applied in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, after the sheet is moved in the first direction to expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing;
- and
- convey the sheet on which the liquid is applied in the first direction to the sheet stacker, after the sheet is moved in the second direction.
7 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a liquid applicator to apply liquid on a sheet;
- a sheet conveyor configured to convey the sheet on which the liquid has been applied;
- a post-processor configured to perform a post-processing operation to the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyor;
- and
- circuitry configured to control conveyance of the sheet, the circuitry being configured to cause the sheet conveyor to:
- move the sheet on which the liquid is applied in a first direction which is a same direction the sheet is moving when the sheet passes the liquid applicator;
- move the sheet on which the liquid is applied in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, after the sheet is moved in the first direction to expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to an outside of the housing;
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- convey the sheet on which the liquid is applied in the first direction to the post-processor, after the sheet is moved in the second direction.
7 more elements
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a cover configured to cover a sheet in a state in which the sheet is exposed to an outside of the housing, the cover including an air hole through which air passes;
- a first sheet conveyor configured to convey the sheet on which liquid is applied;
- a second sheet conveyor configured to convey the sheet to a post-processor configured to perform a post-processing operation to the sheet conveyed by the first sheet conveyor;
- and
- circuitry configured to control conveyance of the sheet,
- the circuitry being configured to cause the first sheet conveyor to:
- expose the sheet on which the liquid is applied, to the outside of the housing;
- and
- convey the sheet to the second sheet conveyor.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.