ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,362, issued on March 18, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet supply device" was invented by Mikio Yamamoto (Izunokuni Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet supply device includes a cassette, a housing, a first roller, and a first rib. The cassette is capable of accommodating a sheet. The housing movably supports the cassette in a first direction. The first roller is supported by the housing. The first roller is rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first roller includes a pair of flanges spaced apart from each other in the second direction....