US Patent Issued to CANON on Feb. 24 for "Image forming apparatus provided with detachable processing unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,887, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus provided with detachable processing unit" was invented by Kazuaki Nogami (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeo Kawanami (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akinori Mitsumata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an opening portion, and an opening-and-closing member, a process unit detachably attached to and supported by the apparatus body, the process unit including an image bearing member, a toner storage portion, and a supply portion, a sheet supporting portion, and a rotary feeding member. When viewed in a grav...