ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,155, issued on July 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Static elimination apparatus and image forming system" was invented by Shingo Iwami (Tokyo), Ryo Aihara (Chiba, Japan) and Ryo Nakanishi (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A static elimination apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a non-contact static elimination unit arranged above the conveyance path and configured to eliminate static electricity from the sheet in a non-contact state, an upper side guide member arranged to face an upper surface of the sheet and configured to form part of the conveyance path, a l...