US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 4 for "Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus provided therewith" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,476, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus provided therewith" was invented by Keisuke Mizuguchi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance device includes a sheet conveyance passage, a first sheet stacking portion, a first feeding portion, a second feeding portion, a sheet detection mechanism, a driving portion, and a control portion. The first sheet stacking portion has a bottom face part and a lifting plate. The driving portion drives the first feeding portion when rotating forward and drives the second feeding port...