US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Sept. 9 for "Image forming apparatus including process cartridge, and toner cartridge having toner shutter pivotally movable in a state where toner cartridge is attached to process cartridge" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,439, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including process cartridge, and toner cartridge having toner shutter pivotally movable in a state where toner cartridge is attached to 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 main housing including a main electrical contact; a process cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main housing; and a toner cartridge attachable to and detachable from the process cartridge attached to the main housing. The process cartridge includes: a first ...