US Patent Issued to RICOH on May 26 for "Sheet ejection device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,315, issued on May 26, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Sheet ejection device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Ryohhei Ohya (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet ejection device includes a stacker to stack a sheet ejected to the stacker in a sheet ejection direction, and a contact member to pivot when the contact member is in contact with an ejection sheet moving to the stacker. The contact member includes an ejection sheet contact portion to contact the ejection sheet, a stacked sheet contact portion disposed opposite the ejection sheet contact portion and including a contact portion to conta...