ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,620, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Conveying nozzle with pivot joint" was invented by Satoru Hori (Yokohama, Japan) and Kensuke Nakajima (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a housing to accommodate toner, a conveying nozzle having an inlet to receive the toner from the housing and an outlet to discharge the toner, and a bracket to couple the inlet of the conveying nozzle with an opening of the housing. The bracket forms a pivot joint disposed adjacent to the inlet to impart a rotational movement of the conveying nozzle around the...