US Patent Issued to Canon on June 23 for "Developer storage device utilizing conveyance configuration and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,738, issued on June 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developer storage device utilizing conveyance configuration and image forming apparatus" was invented by Shuichi Gofuku (Shizuoka, Japan), Shinichi Ueda (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kenichirou Isobe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer storage device that stores developer includes a frame having an internal space and an inlet, a partition portion for partitioning the internal space into first and second chambers, the partition portion including a communication port through which the first and second chamber communicate, a conveyance portion arranged in the i...