US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Business Innovation on May 13 for "Developer container and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,680, issued on May 13, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).

"Developer container and image forming apparatus" was invented by Toshio Takiguchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yosuke Shimomoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developer container includes: a containing unit that contains developer; a transport unit that transports the developer; and a receiving unit that receives a driving force transmitted from a transmitting unit of a body of an image forming apparatus and transmits the driving force to the transport unit. The developer container is removably attachable to the body of the image forming a...