ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,074, issued on March 17, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Media stacker" was invented by Kurt Annete M. Vandenbergh (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Francesc Gil I Fossas (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Javier Deocon Mir (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media stacker may comprises a stacking platform; and a pair of a guiding tracks above the stacking platform and extending from a media receiving side of the media stacker in a media advance direction along opposite sides of a media transport path; wherein at least one guiding track of the pair of guiding tracks i...