US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 12 for "Image forming apparatus to prevent air duct bending" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,309, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus to prevent air duct bending" was invented by Keiko Fujita (Chiba, Japan), Kentaro Yamana (Chiba, Japan), Shigeo Doi (Ibaraki, Japan), Yuya Yokobori (Chiba, Japan) and Hiroshi Nojima (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a transfer unit having a transfer belt, a primary transfer roller, a secondary transfer inner roller below the primary transfer roller in a vertical direction, and a stretching roller, a secondary transfer outer roller, a support unit, and an air duct provided in the ...