ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,649, issued on May 5, was assigned to CITIZEN WATCH Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Paper creasing device and printer" was invented by Yutaka Inokuchi (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper creasing device includes a receiving member including a groove extending in a fixed direction; a rotary blade movable along the groove; and a movement mechanism for moving the rotary blade along the groove at a fixed height in a range between first and second edges of paper in a width direction, the paper being placed on an upper surface of the receiving member. The receiving member is formed to have shea...