US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 18 for "Developing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,710, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developing device" was invented by Shunichi Takada (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a first rotatable member and a first magnet provided non rotatably and stationarily inside the first rotatable member. A second rotatable member is provided opposed to the first rotatable member, and a second magnet is provided non rotatably and stationarily inside the second rotatable member. The rotational direction of the second rotatable member is the same as the rotational direction of the first rotatable member, and with respect to the rotatio...