ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,594, issued on April 14, was assigned to Canon Finetech Nisca Inc. (Saitama, Japan).
"Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system" was invented by Mamoru Kubo (Yamanashi, Japan), Kakeru Aoki (Yamanashi, Japan), Yusuke Mitsui (Yamanashi, Japan), Yuki Nishi (Yamanashi, Japan), Yasumichi Okahisa (Yamanashi, Japan) and Koji Kanda (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet dropping portion abuts on a sheet conveyed in a first conveyance direction by a pair of conveyance rotary members from above to drop the sheet onto a placement portion by pivoting from an upper position to a lower position. The guide portion is ar...