ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,507, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tomoya Tateishi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasuhiro Fukase (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a stacking tray on which a sheet is stacked, a cover unit, and an apparatus main body having an image forming unit. The cover unit forms a sheet storage portion storing the sheet between the cover unit and the stacking tray, and covering the sheet stacked on the stacking tray. The cover unit includes a first cover portion attached to a second cover portion that rotates about a rotating shaft at a p...