US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,882, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Shunsuke Nakao (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a conveying unit, a drying unit, a first detection unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a paper sheet. The conveying unit conveys the paper sheet from an upstream side to a downstream side of the image forming unit. The drying unit includes a heater so as to heat and dry the paper sheet on which the image is formed. The first detection unit detects carry-in of t...