ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,727, issued on March 4, was assigned to KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sheet folding device, sheet post-processing apparatus including sheet folding device, and image forming system" was invented by Yusuke Takano (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet folding device includes a sheet loading unit, a folding processing unit, and an ejection roller. The folding processing unit includes a folding roller pair. A sheet alignment part and a sheet moving part are provided. A sheet loading tray includes an upstream-side loading part and a downstream-side loading part. The sheet alignment part includes an upstre...