US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Jan. 13 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,949, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" 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 transfer roller, a fuser, a chute, a drive source, a reciprocating mechanism, and a controller. The transfer roller transfers toner to a sheet. The fuser fixes toner on the sheet. The chute is located upstream from the fuser in a sheet conveying direction. The chute is configured to convey the sheet toward the fuser. The chute is movable between a first position and a second position. The re...