US Patent Issued to Canon on Feb. 10 for "Moisture detecting apparatus for recording material and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,714, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Moisture detecting apparatus for recording material and image forming apparatus" was invented by Mizuki Ishimoto (Numazu, Japan), Norio Matsui (Mishima, Japan) and Masafumi Monde (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting apparatus includes first and second light emitting elements configured to emit light on a recording material, and a light receiving unit configured to receive the light transmitted through the recording material. The apparatus also includes a rotation member configured to rotate and press the recording material, on which the first light an...