US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on May 6 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,701, issued on May 6, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Hideshi Nishiyama (Owariasahi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus including a main body casing, a drum cartridge and a developing cartridge. The main body casing has an opening and a slot extending in from the opening toward an inside of the main body casing along a first direction. The drum cartridge and the developing cartridge are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction in a state where the drum cartridge and the developing cartridge are attached to the slot. The m...