US Patent Issued to RICOH on June 9 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,662, issued on June 9, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Yukimichi Someya (Kanagawa, Japan), Hitoshi Fujiwara (Kanagawa, Japan), Natsuki Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroyuki Shimada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body and a pressure device that is disposed inside the apparatus body. The pressure device includes a pressure body and a pressed body that is disposed opposite the pressure body. A presser presses the pressure body against the pressed body. A release lever pivots in a forward direction to cause the presser...