ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,854, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Image forming device" was invented by Minoru Tomiyori (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming device comprises a fixing device that switches between a pressing state and a pressure-released state of a pressing member with respect to a rotatable fixing member by means of a switching member; and a first access member that covers the fixing device when the first access member is in a closed state, and exposes the fixing device when the first access member is in an opened state, wherein the fixing device includes a second access member that ...