ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,585, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and control method" was invented by Ryuji Sato (Toyokawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing apparatus includes: a tray on which conveyed sheets are stacked one by one; a restricting member provided at one end of the tray; a paddle member provided so as to be able to ascend and descend on the tray and configured to abut and align one end of the sheet against the restricting member by rotating in contact with the conveyed sheet; and a controller that determines a height position of the paddle membe...