ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,911, issued on July 29, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Enclosing device, enclosing-sealing apparatus, and image forming system" was invented by Shuuto Tohkaishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryota Takayama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kanako Fujisaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosing device includes an envelope conveyance path, an envelope loader, an envelope-position restrictor, and an envelope-position adjuster. The envelope conveyance path conveys an envelope to an enclosing position at which an enclosure is enclosed into the envelope. The envelope loader loads the envelope to be supplied to the envelope conveya...