US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on June 17 for "Cartridge having rotatable reception shutter, cartridge having lever for opening and closing reception shutter, and method of supplying toner" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,582, issued on June 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Cartridge having rotatable reception shutter, cartridge having lever for opening and closing reception shutter, and method of supplying toner" was invented by Shintaro Fukuoka (Nagoya, Japan) and Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner housing extends in a first direction. The toner housing stores toner. The toner housing includes a reception portion and a discharge port. The reception portion is located at an end surface of the toner housing at one end in the first direction. The reception portion has a reception port for receiving t...