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US 2017/0174454 A1Published application
Sheet conveyance apparatus and sheet conveyance method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTadashi MATSUOKA, Yasuo NIIKURA, Yousuke EDO, Satoru TAKANO, Yasunori HINO, Atsunori YOSHIDA, Ryo KANNO, Hikaru FUKASAWA
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Abstract
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a placement part configured such that stacked sheets are disposed on the placement part; a housing including an open/close part and accommodating the placement part, at least a portion of the open/close part being configured to be opened and closed; and a suction unit connected with the housing, and configured to draw gas from an interior of the housing.
Claims14
A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:
- a placement part configured such that stacked sheets are disposed on the placement part;
- a housing including an open/close part and accommodating the placement part, at least a portion of the open/close part being configured to be opened and closed;
- and
- a suction unit connected with the housing, and configured to draw gas from an interior of the housing.
1 more element
A sheet conveyance method comprising:
- disposing stacked sheets in an interior of a housing;
- and
- drawing gas from the interior of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.