US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 2 for "Toner container and image forming system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,543, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Toner container and image forming system" was invented by Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroshi Takarada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Mitsuhiro Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container includes a storage portion configured to store toner and a communicating member including a receiving port, a discharge port, and a passage. The passage includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface connecting the first inclined surface and the discharge port to each other. When viewed in a third direction perpendicularly intersecting with both of a first ...