US Patent Issued to CANON on June 3 for "Image forming apparatus for use with detachable toner container" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,109, issued on June 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus for use with detachable toner container" was invented by Kazuaki Nogami (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeo Kawanami (Kanagawa, Japan), Akinori Mitsumata (Tokyo) and Takehiro Miyashita (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an attaching portion including an operation member configured to be movable together with a container shutter, a toner storage portion configured to store toner received from a receiving port, an actuator configured to regulate a movement of the operation member, and a control unit configured to con...