ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,931, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Paper sheet processing apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray, a feed member, a drive unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The processing tray receives and stacks a plurality of paper sheets. The feed member faces the processing tray and includes a paddle that is elastically deformed by being pressed against the paper sheets during rotation. The drive unit rotates the feed member. The detection unit detects a leading end of the paper shee...