US Patent Issued to Ricoh on July 28 for "Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,693, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same" was invented by Takashi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Keisuke Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan), Kei Sasaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuki Seto (Kanagawa, Japan), Shohei Saito (Kanagawa, Japan), Sachika Tamaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kohta Abe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier, a post-processing device, a liquid storage unit, a mover, and a liquid supplier. The liquid applier applies liquid to at least one medium. The post-processing device perf...