US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 8 for "Image forming apparatus controlling pre-exposure of photosensitive drum" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,392, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus controlling pre-exposure of photosensitive drum" was invented by Shinichi Agata (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kazunori Hashimoto (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an exposure portion, a developing portion including a developer carrying member, a transfer portion, a development separation portion, a transfer separation portion, a storing portion, and a controller. Before a present image forming operation, the controller controls the transfer separation portion to put the image bearing ...