ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,577, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Canon Finetech Nisca Inc. (Saitama, Japan).
"Sheet processing apparatus" was invented by Junya Nakajima (Yamanashi, Japan), Kakeru Aoki (Yamanashi, Japan), Mamoru Kubo (Yamanashi, Japan) and Yusuke Mitsui (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a binding discharge process, a binding process is performed on a plurality of sheets positioned at a binding position by repeating a process in which, after a conveyed sheet is conveyed in a reverse direction on a placement portion by a second conveyance portion to cause a downstream end of the sheet to abut an abutment portion, the sheet is ...