US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on April 7 for "Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,148, issued on April 7, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Ishii (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a sheet conveying device that is mounted to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus and configured to be able to be pulled out forward from a mounting position. The sheet conveying device includes a lower guide member, an upper guide member, and a hinge portion that rotatably supports the upper guide member with respect to the lower guide member. A plurality of rib members ar...