ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,023, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).
"Medium conveying apparatus" was invented by Kiichiro Shimosaka (Kahoku, Japan) and Syuichi Morikawa (Kahoku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveying apparatus includes: a housing having an engaged portion and a guide surface; a placement tray having an engaging portion and a placement surface; and a side guide mounted on the placement surface and protruding downstream beyond the placement tray to restrict a medium in a width direction. The engaged portion restricts entry or removal of the engaging portion when the placement surface forms a first angle...