US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on May 6 for "Image forming apparatus and process cartridge including development housing at which slope for toner is provided" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,704, issued on May 6, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus and process cartridge including development housing at which slope for toner is provided" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A development unit includes a development housing configured to store toner and a development roller rotatable about a development axis extending in a first direction. The development roller supplies the toner in the development housing to a photosensitive drum. The development housing includes a reception port and a slope. The reception port receives toner from a toner contain...