US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Oct. 14 for "Rotation unit, post-processing device, and conveying force applying member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,572, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rotation unit, post-processing device, and conveying force applying member" was invented by Hiroshi Shiobara (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding unit of a rotation unit includes a shaft hole through which a rotation shaft passes, and is fixed in a state of being attached to the rotation shaft by sliding in an axis direction of the rotation shaft. A conveying force applying unit includes a base portion provided with a fitting hole that fits an outer circumference of the holding unit and an opening portion in communication with the fitting hole, ...