US Patent Issued to Canon on March 24 for "Image forming apparatus having developing units that can be re-supplied with developer from resupply packages" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,212, issued on March 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having developing units that can be re-supplied with developer from resupply packages" was invented by Kazuhiro Hosohara (Kanagawa, Japan), Akinori Mitsumata (Tokyo), Kazuaki Nogami (Kanagawa, Japan), Noritomo Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takeo Kawanami (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a first unit having a first container and a first roller; a second unit having a second container and a second roller; a first section to which a first container is attachable and having a first frame with a firs...