US Patent Issued to Canon on July 28 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,618, issued on July 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroko Katagiri (Tokyo), Akinori Mitsumata (Tokyo), Shingo Ito (Tokyo) and Ai Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes (i) an apparatus main body including a discharge portion and a wall disposed on an opposite side to the discharge portion with respect to a horizontal direction, the discharge portion including a first opening, and the wall including a second opening, (ii) a photosensitive drum disposed below the first opening and the second opening, (iii) an exposed surface exposed toward a fi...