US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on Oct. 6 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,507, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tomiko Imoto (Toyohashi, Japan), Keiko Yasuda (Toyohashi, Japan) and Takeru Kinoshita (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor that bears a toner image, an intermediate transfer unit that receives the toner image from the photoreceptor and bears the toner image, a transfer section that transfers the toner image borne by the intermediate transfer unit to a recording medium, a fixing section that fixes the toner image to the recording medium, and a conveyance guide that ...