US Patent Issued to Canon on July 21 for "Image forming apparatus having removable fixing portion and filter holder" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,812, issued on July 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having removable fixing portion and filter holder" was invented by Ryoichi Kawasumi (Toride, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In opposition to a sheet feeding path, an ultrafine particle (UFP) collecting filter provided between transfer and fixing is easily exchanged. Therefore, a duct unit kept in a state of holding the UFP collecting filter is removably and easily mounted to a duct."

The patent was filed on Aug. 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/817,877.

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