US Patent Issued to CANON on Sept. 22 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,048, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Yukihiro Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takuya Hayato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus configured such that a cartridge that stores a developer is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus includes a rotary that is rotatable and that is configured to store the developer supplied from the cartridge; a tray that removably supports the cartridge and that moves with respect to the rotary to a retraction position in which the cartridge is located outside the rotary and to a ...