US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 6 for "Intermediate transfer unit and image forming apparatus with replaceable cleaning device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,495, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Intermediate transfer unit and image forming apparatus with replaceable cleaning device" was invented by Kenta Matsuzaki (Chiba, Japan) and Ryo Nameki (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member and an intermediate transfer unit including an intermediate transfer member (an intermediate transfer belt) and a cleaning device, the intermediate transfer unit is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus, the cleaning device is attachable to and detachable from a unit main bod...