ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,421, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet processing device" was invented by Naoki Yanagisawa (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing device in an embodiment includes a processing section, a tray, a lifting and lowering device, a flexible member, a first member, and a second member. The processing section processes a sheet. The sheet can be placed on a first surface on a first side of the tray. The lifting and lowering device moves the sheet to the processing section. The flexible member is provided on the first side of the tray and has flexibility. The first member is con...