US Patent Issued to RICOH on Oct. 14 for "Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeding device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,567, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeding device" was invented by Kazuya Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding device includes a sheet stacker, first and second feeders, a separation member, first and second sensors, and circuitry. The sheet stacker stacks multiple sheets including a sheet. The first and second feeder feed the sheet stacked on the sheet stacker in a sheet conveyance direction. The separation member contacts the second feeder to form a nip region. The first and second sensors d...