ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,979, issued on April 22, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sheet post-processing device" was invented by Koji Murata (Osaka, Japan) and Tadahisa Kishimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet post-processing device includes a discharge port, a discharge tray, and a sheet holding member. On the discharge tray, a sheet discharged through the discharge port is stacked. The sheet holding member is swingably attached above the discharge port, and holds the sheet stacked on the discharge tray. The sheet holding member has a plurality of link members and a joint portion. The plurality of link me...