US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Feb. 10 for "Image forming apparatus including movable chute movable to guide sheet, and solenoid actuator configured to cause movable chute to move" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,114, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including movable chute movable to guide sheet, and solenoid actuator configured to cause movable chute to move" was invented by Saya Minoshima (Gifu, Japan) and Soma Nagaya (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a main housing; a transfer roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a fixing device; a movable chute positioned between the transfer roller and the fixing device in a conveying direction; and a solenoid actuator. The movable chute is configured to guide the she...