ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,288, issued on April 22, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan) and Kazuna Taguchi (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first cartridge is movable in a first direction through an opening between: a first position inside a housing; and a second position outside the housing. The first cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a drum frame, and a first handle. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about an axis extending in the first direction. The drum frame supports the photosensitive drum. The first handle is located at a downstream end of the d...