ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,316, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeder" was invented by Satoshi Kohara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeder includes a lift table, a first sheet-side restricting member, a second sheet-side restricting member, a suction conveyor, a rear-end restricting member, an upper distance-measuring sensor, a lower distance-measuring sensor, and processing circuitry. The first sheet-side restricting member and the second sheet-side restricting member restrict first ends and second ends opposite to the first ends, respectively, of sheets. The suction conveyor sucks and conveys a sheet floated...