US Patent Issued to Canon on March 11 for "Image forming apparatus having fixing device with casing and suction duct" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,258, issued on March 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having fixing device with casing and suction duct" was invented by Hidekazu Tatezawa (Saitama, Japan), Youichi Chikugo (Chiba, Japan), Rikiya Takemasa (Chiba, Japan), Yutaro Tsuno (Tokyo) and Takeshi Kozuma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a rotatable first rotary member, a rotatable second rotary member, a casing, a sheet discharge port, an opening and closing member, a duct, and a fan. The casing is provided within the apparatus body and storing the first and second rotary members. The s...