ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,082, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sheet storage apparatus and image forming system including the same" was invented by Masami Fuchi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "With a wire wound up in a pulley portion, the wire is disposed in a pressing position extending along a tangential line common to the pulley portion and a pulley. The wire disposed in the pressing position presses a swing member against the urging force from an urging member such that the swing member approaches a sensor. With the wire completely unwound out of the pulley portion and hence with a sheet sta...