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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,856, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Keiju Ishida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unit movement mechanism causes a heating unit to move in conjunction with a movement of an operation member. A pair of fans are arranged with an interval provided therebetween in a first direction and blow air toward the heating unit. The heating unit includes a ventilation duct including a hollow portion formed along the first direction, a pair of inflow openings which are formed opposite to the pair of fans, and a discharge opening which is formed...