ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,316, issued on May 26, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sheet storage device" was invented by Toshiyuki Mae (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet storage device includes a sheet storage to stack and store sheets conveyed to the sheet storage in a conveyance direction. The sheet storage includes: a first sheet contact surface at a downstream end of the sheet storage in the conveyance direction; a second sheet contact surface at one end of the sheet storage in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to each of the conveyance direction and the gravity direction; a first inclined portion having an upper end at a downstream ...