US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on March 24 for "Image-forming apparatus including link connected to shutter of fixing device and positioned between fan and circuit board" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,215, issued on March 24, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image-forming apparatus including link connected to shutter of fixing device and positioned between fan and circuit board" was invented by Saya Minoshima (Gifu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image-forming apparatus includes a housing, a fixing device, a shutter, a link, a circuit board, and a fan. The fixing device includes a heating unit and is configured to thermally fix a toner image to a sheet conveyed in a conveying direction. The shutter is movable relative to the fixing device between a closing position for closing an upstream end of the h...