ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,545, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sheet stacker and printing apparatus" was invented by Ikumi Kazama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet stacker includes: a loader to which a sheet bundle is to be loaded; a guide to receive a leading end of a sheet conveyed to an area above the loader, and guide the sheet along a guide path above the loader in a conveyance direction; a blower disposed above the guide path of the guide to blow air downward to the sheet; and multiple lines: disposed above the guide path of the guide; and extending in a direction inclined relative to the conveyance ...