ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,485, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming system and charge eliminating apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Hirata (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, an insertion apparatus to insert an insertion sheet among plural sheets, and a charge eliminating apparatus having a charge eliminating unit. The insertion apparatus includes a first conveyance path through which a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus is conveyed to the charge eliminating apparatus, a feeding tray on which the insertion sheet is stacked, and a second conv...