US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Sept. 1 for "Image forming apparatus including chute located upstream of fuser" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,375, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including chute located upstream of fuser" was invented by Saya Minoshima (Gifu, Japan), Tomonori Watanabe (Ichinomiya, Japan), Ayaka Ohira (Nagoya, Japan) and Tetsuya Morita (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a transfer roller, a fuser, a chute, and a reciprocating mechanism. The transfer roller is configured to transfer toner to a sheet. The fuser is configured to fix toner on the sheet. The chute is located upstream of the fuser in a sheet conveying direction. The chute is configured to ...