ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,418, issued on May 6, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding apparatus and recording apparatus" was invented by Yuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, Japan), Hikaru Watanabe (Tokyo), Ryo Harigae (Tokyo) and Tomohiro Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a support portion, a guide portion, and a contact unit. The support portion rotatably supports a roll having a sheet wound to the roll. In loading the roll, the guide portion guides the roll in a guide direction from above the support portion to the support portion. The contact unit contacts an outer periphery of the roll supported by the support ...