US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 30 for "Cartridge, supply container, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,798, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge, supply container, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Koji Wada (Kanagawa, Japan), Tsuyoshi Ogawa (Tokyo), Hiroshi Takarada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masaaki Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge is configured to be attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus and configured to receive toner supplied from a supply container. The cartridge includes a supply port configured to receive the toner supplied from the supply container, a shutter member configured to cover the supply port, and a locking member. The locking memb...