US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 3 for "Charge-eliminating apparatus, image forming system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,860, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Charge-eliminating apparatus, image forming system" was invented by Yutaka Kakehi (Chiba, Japan), Yasuharu Chiyoda (Chiba, Japan), Ryosuke Tsuruga (Chiba, Japan) and Yasushi Takeuchi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge-eliminating apparatus configured to perform charge elimination on a sheet includes a charge-eliminating member configured to perform charge elimination on the sheet, a power source configured to apply a voltage to the charge-eliminating member, a contacting member configured to be brought into contact with the sheet, a detection circuit conf...