US Patent Issued to Canon on April 29 for "Static elimination apparatus and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,599, issued on April 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Static elimination apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Keisuke Mogi (Chiba, Japan), Shingo Iwami (Tokyo), Ryo Aihara (Chiba, Japan) and Taichi Uchida (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A static elimination apparatus includes a conveyance unit to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a non-contact static elimination unit to eliminate static from the sheet, a first guide member including a contact portion to guide the sheet, and a plurality of openings arranged next to each other in a width direction. The plurality of openings expose the non-c...