ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,254, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Developer supply container and developer supplying system" was invented by Masato Yamaoka (Kashiwa, Japan) and Toshiaki Nagashima (Moriya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a rotatable developer accommodating portion accommodating a developer, a discharge end portion provided at a bottom side with a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, an engaging portion 30 engageable with a portion-to-be-engaged 11b with a mounting operation of the developer supply container 1 to displace the portion-to-...