US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 11 for "Bookbinding apparatus that creates book by bonding a plurality of sheets using toner" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,798, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Bookbinding apparatus that creates book by bonding a plurality of sheets using toner" was invented by Tatsuyoshi Sakamoto (Shizuoka, Japan) and Takaomi Uezono (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source includes a light emitting element, and an optical system that directs light output from the light emitting element to a surface of a photosensitive member. An irradiation amount of light for forming a second electrostatic latent image is larger than an irradiation amount of light for forming a first electrostatic latent image. A position at which a propaga...