ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,237, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CANON FINETECH NISCA INC. (Misato, Japan).
"Sheet feeding apparatus" was invented by Hiroto Akiyama (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sheet feeding apparatus provided with a storage chamber for storing sheets, a sheet feeding unit including a delivery roller for contacting the sheet stored in the storage chamber to deliver the sheet from the storage chamber, a support member for supporting the storage chamber to allow the chamber to be installed and pulled out in/from an apparatus main body, and a press force switch mechanism including an operation member to switch ...