US Patent Issued to CANON on March 3 for "Document reading apparatus and image forming apparatus including hinge mechanism that supports a document conveyance unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,177, issued on March 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Document reading apparatus and image forming apparatus including hinge mechanism that supports a document conveyance unit" was invented by Riki Miyakawa (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A document reading apparatus includes an image reading unit, a document conveyance unit, and a hinge mechanism. The document conveyance unit includes a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion. The document conveyance unit includes a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion. The hinge mechanism includes a first member, a first shaft, a second member, a sec...