ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,938, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet processing device" was invented by Kazuki Miyata (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a pair of folding rollers, a blade, and a fold-enhancing unit. The pair of folding rollers are provided rotatably about an axial line extending in an axial direction. The pair of folding rollers form a first nip. The blade pushes a sheet into the first nip along an imaginary reference plane including the first nip. The blade forms a fold line on the sheet in cooperation with the pair of folding rolle...