ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,361, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Kei Wakayama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a toner container. The cover opens and closes a side surface of an apparatus main body. The toner container is detachably attached to an inside of the apparatus main body. The cover is turned between a close position and an open position where an angle between the side surface of the apparatus main body and the cover is acute. The toner container includes a replenishment vessel and a recovery vessel, a...