ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,123, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Sheet conveying apparatus and printer" was invented by Susumu Nomura (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying apparatus includes a roller for conveying a sheet along a conveyance path, a first sensor holder including a first sensor element that faces a first surface of the conveyed sheet, the first holder being movable along a direction perpendicular to the path, a second sensor holder including a second sensor element that faces a second surface of the conveyed sheet, the second holder being movable along the direction, an interloc...