US Patent Issued to Ricoh on April 7 for "Sheet laminator and image forming system incorporating the sheet laminator" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,754, issued on April 7, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sheet laminator and image forming system incorporating the sheet laminator" was invented by Ryohsuke Akaishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasunobu Kidoura (Kanagawa, Japan), Hirofumi Horita (Kanagawa, Japan), Satoshi Kuno (Tokyo) and Naohiro Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet laminator including a thermal pressure roller, a power cutoff device, a mover, a power line, and circuitry. The thermal pressure roller pair includes first and second rollers, and first and second heaters, to form a nip region to press and convey a two-ply sheet. The power cutoff...