US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Aug. 25 for "Process cartridge, image forming apparatus and toner storage unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,271, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Process cartridge, image forming apparatus and toner storage unit" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan), Yasutada Kato (Nagoya, Japan) and Yasuo Fukamachi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process cartridge mountable on an image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive drum, a developing unit including a developing roller and a toner storage unit. The toner storage includes a first toner storage chamber, a second toner storage chamber located above the first toner storage chamber, a first toner conveying member located in the first ton...