US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on May 27 for "Toner container capable of shortening time of cleaning task before reuse and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,998, issued on May 27, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Toner container capable of shortening time of cleaning task before reuse and image forming apparatus" was invented by Akira Horie (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container includes first and second storage portions, a protrusion portion, a male screw portion, an opening portion, and a first latch portion. The first storage portion is elongated in an insertion direction to an image forming apparatus. The protrusion portion protrudes in the insertion direction from an end portion of the first storage portion. The male screw port...