US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on March 3 for "Transfer unit and image forming apparatus therewith" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,393, issued on March 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transfer unit and image forming apparatus therewith" was invented by Masayuki Yamada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer unit includes a first roller and a second roller as transfer rollers, a first bearing member, a second bearing member, a roller holder, a switching cam, a driving mechanism, a unit frame, and a secured cam. By rotating the roller holder, the first or second roller is arranged opposite an image carrying member. By rotating the switching cam, the first or second roller arranged opposite the image carrying memb...