ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,702, issued on April 8, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet processing device" was invented by Mikio Yamamoto (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a folding unit and a fold-enhancing unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and thus forms a fold line thereon. The fold-enhancing unit includes a fold-enhancing roller, an opposite member, and an auxiliary roller. The fold-enhancing roller moves along a fold-line direction in which the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit extends. The opposite member sandwiches the fold line with the ...