US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 9 for "Sheet storage device and image forming apparatus including same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,022, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet storage device and image forming apparatus including same" was invented by Hirotaka Ishida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet storage device includes a lift plate, a push-up member, a first gear, a second gear which meshes with the first gear, a transmission mechanism which includes a third gear that meshes with the second gear and a turning restriction member. The first gear includes a support portion. The turning restriction member includes: an annular portion which is slidable on the outer circumferential surface of th...