ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,184, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system" was invented by Koji Kawamura (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing apparatus includes a stacking unit configured to stack a plurality of sheets, an alignment unit including a supporting portion on which the sheets are loaded, the alignment unit being configured to align positions of the sheets loaded on the supporting portion, and a bonding unit configured to bond the sheets loaded on the supporting portion to each other. The alignment unit is configured to align a position of the second shee...