US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 15 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,285, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Dong Ba Nguyen (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette which is housed in an apparatus main body in a retractable manner, and a locking mechanism which restricts and releases a pulling out of the sheet feeding cassette from the apparatus main body. The sheet feeding cassette includes an outer cover, and a handle. The outer cover has a recess on an outer surface. The handle is housed in the recess so as to be turned outside from the outer s...