ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,144, issued on April 7, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).
"Media feeding apparatus" was invented by Kazuhito Seki (Kahoku, Japan) and Tomoyuki Niwata (Kahoku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A media feeding apparatus includes a feed roller, a separation roller, a torque limiter, a unit, a pressing portion, and a reaction-force generator. The feed roller feeds a medium. The separation roller faces the feed roller and is located on a rotation shaft to which power is not transmitted. The torque limiter is located on the rotation shaft. The separation roller is driven by the feed roller when a torque greater than a predeterm...