ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,426, issued on July 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus and paper dust cleaning device" was invented by Takehiro Sato (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is an image forming apparatus including a paper dust cleaning device which removes paper dust adhered onto a surface of a conveying roller. The paper dust cleaning device includes a paper dust removing member which comes into contact with the surface of the conveying roller, a holder which holds the paper dust removing member, and a holder supporting portion which holds the holder at a predeterm...