US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 30 for "Sheet transport device including a sensor that detects positions of recording sheet being transported through transport route, and switching nail, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,806, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet transport device including a sensor that detects positions of recording sheet being transported through transport route, and switching nail, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Koji Tanio (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet transport device includes a first transport route, a roller, a second transport route, a switching nail, a lever, a sheet detection piece, a cam, an intermediate rotary member, a rotary member, a sensor, a driver, and a controller. The controller controls the driver to switch the switching nai...