US Patent Issued to CANON on July 28 for "Cartridge, image forming apparatus, developing apparatus, and toner cartridge" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,612, issued on July 28, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge, image forming apparatus, developing apparatus, and toner cartridge" was invented by Yuuji Obukuro (Saitama, Japan) and Shunsuke Hijikata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge is provided that includes a first accommodating portion configured to accommodate toner, a first rotation shaft configured to be rotatable about a first rotation axis line, a first flexible member fixed to the first rotation shaft, a first magnetized member provided on the first flexible member, a second accommodating portion configured to accommodate toner to be suppli...