ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,575, issued on May 20, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Developer replenishing device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroomi Matsuzaki (Shizuoka, Japan) and Hiroki Ogino (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer replenishing device includes a containing portion containing developer and a conveying path forming portion forming a conveying path of developer, with the conveying path including a conveying inlet and a conveying outlet. A moving member includes a developer holding portion movable to a first position at which the holding portion is connected to the containing portion and a second position...