US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 8 for "Cartridge and image forming apparatus to convey toner using air" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,393, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge and image forming apparatus to convey toner using air" was invented by Akinori Mitsumata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a first container, a filter, a second container, and a pipe. The first container and the second container align in a first direction. A longitudinal direction of the second container intersecting the first direction is a second direction. A short direction of the second container intersecting the first direction and the second direction is a third direction. When the cartridge is oriented so the first direction is para...