US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Business Innovation on June 17 for "Transfer device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,586, issued on June 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).

"Transfer device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Toshiaki Baba (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoko Miyamoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tomohiro Wada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer device includes: an endless transfer belt that circulates and receives an image; one image carrier that carries an image and is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt from above; another image carrier that carries an image and is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt from below; one trans...