ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,323, issued on April 29, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet processing device" was invented by Toshiaki Oshiro (Izu Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing device in an embodiment includes a conveyance path, a stacker, a post processing section, and vertical alignment members. The conveyance path conveys sheets in a conveying direction and stacks the sheets. The stacker restricts a leading end of the conveyed sheets. The stacker is movable in the conveying direction. The post processing section processes the sheets further on an upstream side in the conveying direction than a position where the ...