US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on May 12 for "Web conveying device, image forming apparatus, and conveying roller capable of efficiently sucking air that enters between web and conveying roller" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,875, issued on May 12, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Web conveying device, image forming apparatus, and conveying roller capable of efficiently sucking air that enters between web and conveying roller" was invented by Mashio Takezawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A web conveying device includes a roller portion, a first air passage, a second air passage, and an air current generation portion. The roller portion rotates in contact with a web. The first air passage extends in an axial direction of a rotation shaft of the roller portion inside an outer peripheral portion of the roller por...