US Patent Issued to Canon on July 14 for "Process unit and reception unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,428, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Process unit and reception unit" was invented by Naoki Maeda (Shizuoka, Japan), Makoto Hayashida (Shizuoka, Japan), Fumito Nonaka (Shizuoka, Japan) and Joji Goto (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process unit includes a supply unit including a discharge port through which toner is discharged and having a discharge surface around the discharge port, and a reception unit that receives toner from the supply unit. The reception unit includes a reception frame including a reception port for receiving toner from the discharge port, and a reception seal member havi...