US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on April 22 for "Image forming apparatus including fixing device having shutter and lock member for holding shutter position" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,286, issued on April 22, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including fixing device having shutter and lock member for holding shutter position" was invented by Masakazu Uehara (Osaka, Japan), Tomohiro Watatani (Osaka, Japan) and Takuya Kawasumi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a shutter, a lock member and an attachment member. The fixing device is supported by an apparatus main body. The shutter is movable to a close position and to an open position. The lock member is movable to a holding position holding the shutte...