US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Aug. 5 for "Sheet feeder capable of accommodating and feeding sheets" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,088, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet feeder capable of accommodating and feeding sheets" was invented by Akira Ishii (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeder includes: a sheet feed roller holding member that holds a pick-up roller capable of coming into contact with and away from a top surface of a sheet, supports the pick-up roller rotatably, and pivotally moves while urging the pick-up roller toward contact with the top surface of the sheet; a restricting member that restricts pivotal movement of the sheet feed roller holding member, resulting in restriction...