ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,764, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming device" was invented by Shuntaro Tezuka (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming device includes a fixing unit to fix a toner image to a recording material while heating the recording material, a frame unit provided with a guide portion to guide the recording material to the fixing unit, and a width detector provided in a portion of the frame unit in which the guide portion is provided to detect a recording material width. The frame unit has a first mounting hole to which the width detector is attached and a second mounting hole. The se...