ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,990, issued on May 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming system" was invented by Takuya Yasumitsu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first guide to guide a conveyed sheet and a second guide to face the first guide and to form a sheet conveyance path together with the first guide, with the second guide being pivotable between a first position in which the sheet conveyance path is formed and a second position in which the sheet conveyance path is opened. A cover is movable between a closed position in which it covers the second guide and an open ...