US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on July 28 for "Image scanner" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,836, issued on July 28, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image scanner" was invented by Yoshihiro Okamoto (Komaki, Japan) and Yuichiro Ichinose (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first reading sensor reads a first surface of a document. A second reading sensor reads a second surface of the document. An elastic body presses the second reading sensor toward the document that is conveyed toward an other side in a first direction. A conveyance guide includes a protrusion accommodating the elastic body. A friction pad contacts, from below, the document supported by a document placement surface. A recess is...