US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Aug. 18 for "Image forming apparatus capable of suspending image formation of image forming device when access cover is open" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,707, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus capable of suspending image formation of image forming device when access cover is open" was invented by Ryota Kikuchi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a container loading portion, a plurality of toner sensors, an access cover, an open/close sensor, and a control device that functions as a controller. The container loading portion is capable of being loaded with a plurality of toner containers containing the toner of the same color to be supplied to t...