ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,692, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).
"Medium conveyance device" was invented by Kiichiro Shimosaka (Kahoku, Japan) and Syuichi Morikawa (Kahoku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a medium conveying apparatus to enable suitable feeding of a plurality of types of media. A medium conveying apparatus includes a guide member including an opening or a notch and configured to form a conveyance surface of a medium, a feed roller located inside the opening or the notch and configured to feed the medium, a separation roller located to face the feed roller, and protruding parts located on left and r...