ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,169, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Takafumi Monte (Toride, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a casing configured to be connected under an upper casing to which an upper storage portion is drawably attached, a storage portion drawably attached to the casing, and a lock mechanism configured to switch between a locked state, in which the lock mechanism locks the casing and the upper casing to prevent the casing and the upper casing from being separated from each other, and an unlocked state. In in a case whe...