US Patent Issued to RICOH on April 21 for "Image forming apparatus and developer supply device that is detachable from and attachable to the image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,952, issued on April 21, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus and developer supply device that is detachable from and attachable to the image forming apparatus" was invented by Michiharu Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan), Naoto Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenji Honjoh (Kanagawa, Japan), Nobuo Kuwabara (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuta Azeyanagi (Kanagawa, Japan), Haruki Nagata (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shota Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer supply device for supplying developer contained in a developer container toward a developing device in an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus i...