US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Jan. 28 for "Image forming apparatus including movable drawer having guide surface for guiding attachment of process cartridge" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,314, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including movable drawer having guide surface for guiding attachment of process cartridge" 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 housing, a drawer, and a process cartridge attachable to the drawer. The drawer can be drawn out of the housing toward one side in a first direction. The process cartridge includes: a process housing; a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a second direction; a developing roller movable between a separated position...