US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on June 16 for "Sheet alignment device with mechanism that moves roller support device up and downward" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,971, issued on June 16, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet alignment device with mechanism that moves roller support device up and downward" was invented by Daijiro Ueno (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet alignment device includes a roller that moves a sheet on a sheet transport route so that a side edge of the sheet abuts against an alignment member, a first one-way clutch that transmits a first rotative driving force for making a roller support device pivot upward with respect to the shaft of the roller support device, when a motor rotates in a first direction, a first torque li...