ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,409, issued on July 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding device and image forming system" was invented by Eikou Mori (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding device includes a feeding roller pair, a first guide, a door including a second guide and rotatable between a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction through first to third positions, a damping mechanism, and an engaging portion including an elastic member. A first resisting force is set so that moment acting around a shaft by a self-weight of the door is larger than the first resisting force of the damping mechanism wh...