US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on April 29 for "Manual bypass tray having opening for accommodating projection sticking out from side face of image forming apparatus main body, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,321, issued on April 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Manual bypass tray having opening for accommodating projection sticking out from side face of image forming apparatus main body, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Masayuki Kakuta (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual bypass tray includes a tray main body and an auxiliary tray. A placement surface of the tray main body is provided with an opening. The tray main body includes an opening cover. The auxiliary tray includes a recess. The opening cover is displaced to a retracted posture, thereby being accommodated inside the...