US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 18 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,705, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Shunsuke Mizukoshi (Tokyo), Hiroki Sasame (Tokyo), Tomoo Akizuki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yusuke Shimizu (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, a charging voltage applying portion, an exposure unit, a developing member, a developing voltage applying portion, a transfer member, a transfer voltage applying portion, and a controller. In a discharging operation, an exposure surface is formed on a photosensitive member surface by exposing the photosensit...