ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,093, issued on June 24, was assigned to CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V. (Venlo, Netherlands).
"Sheet stacker for thin or weak print media" was invented by Peter J. W. Van Dongen (Venlo, Netherlands), Hermanus M. Kuypers (Venlo, Netherlands) and Frank J. W. Zeelen (Venlo, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When using a flipping wheel to flip sheets of weak or long media, there is a risk that these sheets collapse upon themselves. To reduce this risk, a method of stacking sheets includes flipping a sheet while holding its leading edge and bringing the leading edge down towards a stack support; bringing a trailing portion...