ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,816, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Atsushi Oguni (Kanagawa, Japan), Akitoshi Toyota (Kanagawa, Japan), Akira Yoshimura (Shizuoka, Japan) and Akira Tatsuzue (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet storage portion, and an air blowing portion disposed within the apparatus body. The apparatus body includes a body portion oriented toward an upstream side in an attaching direction of the sheet storage portion, the body portion including an air intake port, and a cover member provided to be openable and ...