ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,068, issued on March 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Akihisa Wanibe (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper feed device includes a paper-feed cassette configured to be removably inserted to a cassette accommodation unit, a rail member provided at an inner wall of the cassette accommodation unit, an engaging portion to engage with the rail member so as to be able to move, a rotating member configured to be brought into contact with an engagement surface of the engaging portion and be able to rotate in association with insertion and remo...