US 11,987,468 B2
Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same
Junya Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa (JP); and Kotomi Kameyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Junya Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Kei Sasaki, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuki Seto, Kanagawa (JP); and Kotomi Kameyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/153,023.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-011154 (JP), filed on Jan. 27, 2022; and application No. 2022-178962 (JP), filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234804 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 37/04 (2006.01); B42C 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B65H 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 37/04 (2013.01) [B42C 1/12 (2013.01); B65H 35/0073 (2013.01); B65H 35/04 (2013.01); B65H 2301/51616 (2013.01); B65H 2801/27 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a medium;
a medium processing apparatus configured to process the medium on which the image is formed by the image forming apparatus,
the medium processing apparatus including:
a conveyor configured to convey the medium;
a receptacle configured to hold the medium conveyed by the conveyor; and
a crimper configured to press and deform a liquid application position on a plurality of media including the medium held on the receptacle to bind the plurality of media; and
an intermediate apparatus interposed between a medium output portion of the image forming apparatus and the medium processing apparatus in a conveyance course of the medium,
the intermediate apparatus including a liquid applier disposed upstream from the receptacle in a conveyance direction of the medium to apply liquid to the liquid application position on the medium conveyed from the image forming apparatus,
wherein the liquid applier is configured to move in a main scanning direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the medium and to a thickness direction of the medium and stand by at a position where the liquid applier faces the liquid application position before the conveyor starts conveying the medium.