US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 29 for "Image forming apparatus including toner conveyance detection portion detecting toner conveyance error in toner conveyance" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,364, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including toner conveyance detection portion detecting toner conveyance error in toner conveyance" was invented by Asami Sasaki (Osaka, Japan), Minoru Wada (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Yamazaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a container, a toner replenishment device, a toner conveyance detection portion, and a control portion. The toner replenishment device includes a plurality of toner replenishment paths through which toner in the container is conveye...