US Patent Issued to CANON on Sept. 1 for "Image forming apparatus that provides different drive operation modes based on a sheet size" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,370, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus that provides different drive operation modes based on a sheet size" was invented by Kensuke Umeda (Kanagawa, Japan), Shingo Ito (Tokyo) and Shuichi Tetsuno (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, fixing unit including a fixing film, a pressure roller, and a heating member that forms a fixing nip portion between itself and the pressure roller, and a driving source that transmits driving force to the developing roller and the pressure roller. Whether recording mate...