US 12,129,145 B2
Enclosing apparatus and image forming system
Yuusuke Shibasaki, Tokyo (JP); Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Shinji Asami, Tokyo (JP); Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Takahiro Matsuda, Kanagawa (JP); Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo (JP); Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Miyagi (JP); Shingo Yoshizawa, Kanagawa (JP); Akira Kunieda, Tokyo (JP); Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa (JP); Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo (JP); and Atsushi Shinoda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yuusuke Shibasaki, Tokyo (JP); Michitaka Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); Shinji Asami, Tokyo (JP); Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Takahiro Matsuda, Kanagawa (JP); Makoto Hidaka, Tokyo (JP); Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Miyagi (JP); Shingo Yoshizawa, Kanagawa (JP); Akira Kunieda, Tokyo (JP); Takahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa (JP); Takuya Morinaga, Tokyo (JP); and Atsushi Shinoda, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,878.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-089439 (JP), filed on May 27, 2021; and application No. 2022-045798 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380168 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 45/04 (2006.01); B65H 45/16 (2006.01); B65H 45/26 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 45/04 (2013.01) [B65H 45/163 (2013.01); B65H 45/167 (2013.01); B65H 45/26 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); B65H 2801/66 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosing apparatus for enclosing an enclosure into an envelope at an enclosing position, the enclosing apparatus comprising:
a conveyance roller configured to convey the envelope to the enclosing position;
an envelope conveyance path through which the envelope is conveyed; and
an enclosing support disposed in the envelope conveyance path and configured to support enclosing of the enclosure into the envelope,
the enclosing support configured to retract a flap of the envelope from the envelope conveyance path while the conveyance roller conveys the envelope to the enclosing position,
wherein the enclosing support includes
a flap conveyance path branching from the envelope conveyance path,
a flap guide defining the flap conveyance path, and
a flap conveyance direction switching pawl configured to orient the flap toward the flap conveyance path and press the flap against the flap guide when the flap reaches a predetermined position before the envelope reaches the enclosing position,
wherein the enclosing support further includes a first biasing member configured to bias the flap conveyance direction switching pawl to press against the flap guide, and
wherein the enclosing support further includes
a switching biasing pawl configured to block the envelope conveyance path at a default position, and
a second biasing member configured to bias the switching biasing pawl at the default position.