US 11,926,133 B2
Sheet laminator, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
Shinya Monma, Kanagawa (JP); Keisuke Sugiyama, Kanagawa (JP); Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa (JP); Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); Ruki Midorikawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Sho Asano, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Shinya Monma, Kanagawa (JP); Keisuke Sugiyama, Kanagawa (JP); Tomohiro Furuhashi, Kanagawa (JP); Wataru Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); Ruki Midorikawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Sho Asano, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,148.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-210704 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202159 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 37/0053 (2013.01) [B32B 38/004 (2013.01); B32B 2037/0069 (2013.01); B32B 2309/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheet laminator comprising:
a sheet lamination device configured to perform at least one sheet laminating operation on an object by application of heat and pressure;
a heater configured to heat the sheet lamination device; and
circuitry configured to,
change between a first mode and a second mode,
the first mode being a mode in which the heater constantly heats the sheet lamination device while the sheet lamination device is turned on, and
the second mode being a mode in which the heater starts heating the sheet lamination device in response to a request of the sheet laminating operation, and stops heating the sheet lamination device after a given time has elapsed from completion of the sheet laminating operation,
adjust the given time of the second mode, and
select, in response to the second mode being canceled, whether to immediately change from the second mode to the first mode, or to change from the second mode to the first mode upon receiving the request of the sheet laminating operation from a user.