ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,878, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Ayaka Ohira (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing chute located upstream of a fixing device in a sheet conveying direction; a fixing guide opposing the fixing chute and including a guide conveying surface; and a fixing shutter opposing the fixing chute and configured to move between a closed position and an opened position. In a state in which the fixing shutter is positioned at the opened position, a shutter conveying surface of the fixing shutter is inclined in a...