ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,641, issued on May 5, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Sheet transportation device" was invented by Masanori Suzuki (Takatsuki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet transportation device includes a guide roll along which a sheet is to be wound. The sheet includes a plurality of tabs provided intermittently in a longitudinal direction along at least one end in a width direction. The guide roll includes a cylindrical roll main body and a short-diameter portion connected with the roll main body so as to be outer, in the width direction of the sheet, to the roll main body. The roll main body is located...