US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Jan. 20 for "Image forming apparatus having movable shutters for opening and closing toner inlets and outlets" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,976, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus having movable shutters for opening and closing toner inlets and outlets" was invented by Nao Itabashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, an intermediate transfer belt, a development device, a toner box, and a pipe. The development device includes a development housing having an inlet through which toner is received, and a development roller rotatable about a development axis. The development device is detachably attachable to the main housing. The toner box is detachably ...