US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 1 for "Warming device capable of determining lowering of warming function, image forming apparatus, and determination method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,379, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Warming device capable of determining lowering of warming function, image forming apparatus, and determination method" was invented by Yuna Niimi (Osaka, Japan) and Takuma Araki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warming device includes a corrugated tube, a storing portion, a heater, a water level sensor, and a determination processing portion. The corrugated tube includes a spiral portion that is formed spirally. The storing portion stores the spiral portion and a liquid heating medium used for warming the spiral portion. The heater ...