ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,611, issued on June 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Motoyasu Muramatsu (Shizuoka, Japan) and Yuta Nakatomi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus incudes a first conveyance guide portion having a first roller, a first engagement portion, and a second engagement portion, and includes a second conveyance guide portion having a second roller, a first engaged portion, and a second engaged portion. The first and second conveyance guide portions form a conveyance path where the first and second rollers convey a sheet. The second conveyance guide portion m...