ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,959, issued on March 31, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).
"Medium conveyance device" was invented by Kiichiro Shimosaka (Kahoku, Japan) and Syuichi Morikawa (Kahoku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a medium conveying apparatus which is prevented from being used with a roller cover open. A medium conveying apparatus includes a housing, a loading tray provided to be attachable and detachable relative to the housing and be movable between a fixed position where the loading tray is fixed to the housing to place a medium and an inclined position inclined relative to the fixed position for mounting the loading tr...