ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,448, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Kohei Deno (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a re-conveyance portion to reverse a sheet on which a first toner image is transferred on a first surface by a transfer portion and to convey the sheet to the transfer portion again, and first and second detecting portions to detect positions in a widthwise direction of the sheet. The first detecting portion detects a first detecting position before the first toner image is transferred to the first surface and the second detecting portion d...