ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,500, issued on Oct. 7.
"Stapling unit with an improved stitching head drive apparatus" was invented by Udaykumar Chhabildas Patel (Gujarat, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stapling unit with an improved stitching head drive apparatus includes a bunch sensor that senses the absence of the bunch of sheets and send a signal to the PLC, which actuates a lever operating device. The lever operating device opens the toggle lever by pushing the toggle release lever to disengage the driving lever from the pivot lever. The disengagement of the toggle lever with the pivot lever and the driving lever results in free pivotal movement of the...