US Patent Issued to Canon on April 22 for "Developer supply container and developer supplying system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,287, issued on April 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developer supply container and developer supplying system" was invented by Manabu Jimba (Toride, Japan), Ayatomo Okino (Moriya, Japan), Katsuya Murakami (Toride, Japan), Toshiaki Nagashima (Moriya, Japan) and Fumio Tazawa (Kashiwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body that is rotatable about a rotational axis relative to a developer discharging body. A shutter is movable relative to the developer discharging body between an open position wherein a discharge opening is open and a closed position wherein the...