US Patent Issued to Canon on July 15 for "Image forming apparatus with cleaning, collection, and discharge of toner" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,480, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus with cleaning, collection, and discharge of toner" was invented by Hiromichi Koseki (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a cleaning device detachably provided on a main assembly to clean toner remaining on the image bearing member, a main assembly feeding portion detachably provided on the main assembly to feed the toner discharged from the cleaning device, a collecting container detachably provided on the main assembly to collect the toner discharged from the main assembly feedin...