US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 3 for "Image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,867, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet" was invented by Yuji Mitsui (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet includes a rotatable image bearing member, a transfer roller, a fan, and a duct. The duct extends in a parallel direction to a shaft direction of the transfer roller and includes an inflow port to guide air. The duct further includes, in an area opposing the transfer roller, a first opening portion that is provided at a position closer to a first end side of the duct than to a second end...