ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,810, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Support frame for sheet conveying apparatus and sheet conveying apparatus" was invented by Kotaro Torikata (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support frame for a sheet conveying apparatus includes a bottom plate that includes a first member having a first surface portion and a first wall portion and a second member having a second surface portion and a second wall portion, a support rod that is fixed to the bottom plate, and a plurality of installation members that is fixed to the bottom plate and installs the sheet conveying apparatus. The second member is fi...