US Patent Issued to Ricoh on July 14 for "Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,688, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" was invented by Kei Sasaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuki Seto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Keisuke Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium processing apparatus includes a conveying unit, a liquid applier, a crimper, a liquid-applier pivot mechanism and a crimper pivot mechanism. The conveying unit conveys a medium in a conveyance direction. The liquid applier applies liquid to the medium conveyed by the conveying unit. The crimper presses and deforms a plurality of media including th...