US Patent Issued to CANON on Jan. 13 for "Image forming apparatus having a cover to alternately close an insertion port for sheet feeding or attachment port for cartridge replacement" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,962, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having a cover to alternately close an insertion port for sheet feeding or attachment port for cartridge replacement" was invented by Shunsuke Okazaki (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a sheet feeding unit, an insertion port in which the sheet fed by sheet feeding unit is inserted, a cartridge that is configured to store toner, the cartridge being attachably and detachably supported by the apparatus body, an attachment/detachment port through which the cartridge passes, and...