ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,197, issued on March 31, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus having plurality of covers" was invented by Takanori Yamamoto (Shizuoka, Japan) and Atsuyoshi Abe (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a first opening, a first cartridge including a developing roller, a second cartridge including a storage portion, a first cover including a second opening, and a second cover. In a case where the first cover is positioned in the first open position and the second cover is positioned in the second open position, a first area of the first openi...