US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 25 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,255, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Bunro Noguchi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus incudes an image bearing member, a developing member, a transferring member, an applying portion, a cleaning blade, and a controller. The controller executes an initial operation in which the image bearing member in a brand-new state is shifted to a printable state and an image forming operation. The controller controls the applying portion so as to apply a constant voltage to the transfer member in the initial operation different from that in th...