US Patent Issued to Canon on Oct. 27 for "Image forming apparatus including movable toner cartridge and toner shutter" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,223, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus including movable toner cartridge and toner shutter" was invented by Osamu Sasaoka (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomoya Tateishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshiyuki Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Jumpei Nitta (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes (i) a developing unit including a storage frame having a receiving opening, (ii) a toner cartridge including a toner frame having a discharge opening, and a toner shutter movable between a closed position to cover the discharge opening and an open position to expose the discharge ...