US Patent Issued to Horizon on Feb. 17 for "Sheet bundle binding apparatus and rotation detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,631, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Horizon Inc. (Takashima, Japan).

"Sheet bundle binding apparatus and rotation detection method" was invented by Tomoyuki Shimizu (Takashima, Japan) and Masaru Ochi (Takashima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a saddle stitch folding apparatus including: a stitcher unit; a reel support unit configured to support a reel rotatably about the axis with a support shaft being inserted in a through-hole formed in the reel; and a rotation detecting mechanism configured to detect a rotation state of the reel, and the rotation detecting mechanism has an adhering member that is rotated whil...