US Patent Issued to Dai Nippon Printing on July 15 for "Duplex printer" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,303, issued on July 15, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Duplex printer" was invented by Katsuhisa Ono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Object] To reduce the time required to transport a cut sheet and perform printing at a high speed.[Solution] A duplex printer 10 includes a printing unit 12A, a cut sheet feeder 25, and a guide transport path 24. A reversing mechanism 20 that reverses a cut sheet 1 returned from the printing unit 12A is connected to the guide transport path 24 via a switcher 61. A stopper 62 that stops the cut sheet 1 is provided in a part of the guide transport path 24 on the upstream sid...