US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on April 8 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,145, issued on April 8, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Masao Ichiyanagi (Ama, Japan) and Keita Shimizu (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge and developing cartridge. The drum cartridge may include a photosensitive drum rotatable about a first axis extending in an axial direction. The developing cartridge may include a developing roller rotatable about a second axis extending in the axial direction. The image forming apparatus may include a main casing including a slot extending in the axial direction. The image...