US Patent Issued to PFU on May 12 for "Medium conveying apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,880, issued on May 12, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Ishikawa, Japan).

"Medium conveying apparatus" was invented by Norifumi Tonami (Ishikawa, Japan) and Sota Matsuura (Ishikawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveying apparatus includes an apparatus body in which a conveying path is formed, a media tray supported by the apparatus body, an ejection tray supported by the apparatus body, a conveyor to convey a medium placed on the media tray along the conveying path and place the medium on the ejection tray, a first mechanism including a gear, and a second mechanism including a gear. The first mechanism swings the ejection t...