ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,540, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Post-processing apparatus" was invented by Ryuji Sato (Toyokawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A post-processing apparatus includes a movable portion and an opposing portion that are arranged to be opposite to each other with a conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed interposed between the movable portion and the opposing portion, and a restricting member that has a holding surface including an abutment surface against which a sheet abuts, is capable of changing a posture between a first posture in which the holding surface closes the conveyance pa...