US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Sept. 30 for "Image forming apparatus with fixing device having lever and fixed handle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,800, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus with fixing device having lever and fixed handle" was invented by Shota Iriyama (Toyokawa, Japan), Daisuke Ishizuka (Nagoya, Japan) and Misato Osuka (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, a process unit, and a fixing device including a lever. The main housing comprises an interlock switch that allows power to be supplied to a heater of the fixing device in an on-state and shuts off power to the heater in an off-state. The lever includes a holding portion and a switch contact...