US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on July 14 for "Image forming apparatus having a drawer" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,429, issued on July 14, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus having a drawer" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus is provided, including a housing; a drum cartridge; a developing cartridge; a drawer movable between an inner position and an outer position; and a lock member provided on the drawer and movable between a lock position at which the lock member locks the drum cartridge to the drawer, and a release position at which a lock between the drum cartridge and the drawer is released. The lock member includes an operation portion ...