US Patent Issued to RICOH on June 3 for "Device for attaching and detaching roller, and belt conveyor including the device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,511, issued on June 3, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Device for attaching and detaching roller, and belt conveyor including the device" was invented by Hiroki Ishihara (Kanagawa, Japan), Kohki Asada (Tokyo), Teppei Kikuchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenji Nozawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takehiro Nakamura (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device attaches and detaches at least one of rollers in a belt conveyor in which an endless belt is wound around the rollers between a front plate and a rear plate of the belt conveyor. The device includes a guide and a roller holder. The guide has a base end and extends along a lon...