US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on June 30 for "Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,444, issued on June 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Yuya Shimohora (Osaka, Japan), Takehiro Sato (Osaka, Japan) and Kaori Katsumoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying device includes a first roller, a second roller, and a pressing portion. The pressing portion includes a pressing member contacting the first roller from its side opposite from the second roller and a pressing urging member urging the pressing member toward the second roller. The first roller has a step portion formed in an outer circumfer...