US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 3 for "Developing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,850, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developing device" was invented by Osamu Ariizumi (Chiba, Japan) and Naonari Hashimura (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a developing container to accommodate a developer, a first rotatable member which carries and feeds the developer to a first developing position where an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member is developed, and a first magnet provided non rotatably and stationarily inside the first rotatable member. A second rotatable member is provided opposed to the first rotatable member and carries and feeds ...