ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,679, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Suetsugu (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinichi Nishida (Kanagawa, Japan), Tetsushi Uneme (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Ogawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus including an attachment portion, a storage portion, and an agitation member, an actuator, and a control unit, wherein the attachment portion includes an operation portion, including an engagement portion engaging with the shutter, configured to move with the shutter by the engagement portion being engaged with the shutter, the operation portion bein...