ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,176, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Sheet inlet and outlet" was invented by Carlos Putin Burgos (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Carlos Clavel Marques (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples include a sheet transport apparatus comprising a sheet inlet facing a specific side of the apparatus. The sheet transport apparatus also comprises a sheet outlet facing the specific side of the apparatus and located below the sheet inlet, the sheet outlet comprising a ceiling between the sheet outlet and the sheet inlet. The sheet transport apparatus furt...