US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on April 29 for "Post-processing apparatus and image formation system capable of post-processing sheet conveyed from image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,324, issued on April 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Post-processing apparatus and image formation system capable of post-processing sheet conveyed from image forming apparatus" was invented by Shinya Aono (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A post-processing apparatus includes a blade, a transfer mechanism, a sheet folding roller pair, a motor, a drive control device, and a control device. The blade presses into the sheet to form a fold line in the sheet. The transfer mechanism moves the blade toward and away from the sheet. The sheet folding roller pair conveys the sheet with the fold li...