ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,170, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sheet postprocessing apparatus including restriction device that restricts movement of lower guide of inlet guide, and image forming system" was invented by Rina Okada (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes an inlet guide, a perforation device, and a collection tank. The inlet guide includes an upper guide and a lower guide. The perforation device is located downstream of the inlet guide in a sheet transport direction. The collection tank is located on a lower side of the perforation device. The low...