ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,382, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Feeding device and recording device" was invented by Junko Ao (Shiojiri, Japan) and Katsuyuki Kondo (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding unit includes a paper feeding tray, a lifter, a feeding roller, a guide plate, and a handling portion. The lifter can displace paper in the paper feeding tray in a +B direction. The guide plate guides a downstream end of the paper lifted by the lifter in a +A direction toward the feeding roller. The handling portion handles the paper toward the feeding roller. The guide plate forms a frontage through which the p...