ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,624, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Kohara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying device includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, and a guide. The sheet stacker stacks a plurality of sheets. The air blower blows air onto the plurality of sheets. The guide faces an uppermost sheet of the plurality of sheets on the sheet stacker and contacts the uppermost sheet at a plurality of positions of the guide spaced apart from each other in a sheet conveyance direction."
The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2023, under Applicat...