US Patent Issued to Canon on Oct. 28 for "Container having a shutter and a cap mounted to the shutter to cover an end portion of the container" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,517, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Container having a shutter and a cap mounted to the shutter to cover an end portion of the container" was invented by Mitsuhiro Sato (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Sohta Sugimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide a form of a container for use with an image forming apparatus[Solution] A container for use with an image forming apparatus and for accommodating a content of powder or a liquid, the container includes an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the content; an end portion including a discharging portion ...