US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on May 27 for "Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,981, issued on May 27, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same" was invented by Koji Tanio (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes: a rotating member to be heated; a pressure rotating member; a housing; a sheet entrance port; a shutter member; and a biasing member. The shutter member slides between a first position for opening the sheet entrance port provided in the housing and a second position for closing the sheet entrance port. The biasing member biases the shutter member in a direction toward the second position. The s...