US Patent Issued to CANON on Sept. 1 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,362, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Kei Hayashida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus comprising an apparatus body including a first developing unit including a first developing container and a first developing roller, and a second developing unit including a second developing container and a second developing roller, a first toner container configured to attachably and detachably supported on the apparatus body, the first toner container being configured to supply the first toner together with air toward the first developing container, a s...