ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,254, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet conveying device conveying sheet ejected from image forming apparatus" was invented by Takashi Kotani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet conveyance path that receives a sheet conveyed from an image forming apparatus and allows the sheet to be conveyed on the sheet conveyance path; a turnover conveyance path that diverges from the sheet conveyance path, receives the sheet conveyed from the sheet conveyance path to turn over the sheet, and allows the turned-over sheet to be conveyed on th...