US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on Jan. 20 for "Image forming apparatus including process cartridge provided with toner receiving part for receiving toner" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,995, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including process cartridge provided with toner receiving part for receiving toner" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan), Daisuke Maeta (Nagoya, Japan) and Kazuna Taguchi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a main body casing having an opening; a cover movable between a closing position to close the opening and an opening position to open the opening; and a process cartridge detachably attachable to the main body casing through the opening while the cover is at the opening position. ...