US Patent Issued to Sintokogio on Sept. 8 for "Powder transfer roller device and powder transfer method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,777, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Powder transfer roller device and powder transfer method" was invented by Keita Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan), Kojiro Sasa (Nagoya, Japan) and Shogo Nakajima (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder transfer roller device includes a first roller having a raised portion provided in a part of the circumferential surface of the first roller; a second roller which is opposed to the first roller and which compacts, between the second roller and the raised portion of the first roller, powder supplied between the first roller and the second roller; and a powder ...