US Patent Issued to CANON on Sept. 29 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,361, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Daigo Yamauchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Hosohara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tomoya Tateishi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a rotary including a developing roller and a storage portion, a toner cartridge, a support member movable between a first position and a second position, a drive source configured to move the support member in a first direction and in a second direction, a detection mechanism including a moving member and a sensor portion, and a controller. The controller is co...