US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Oct. 21 for "Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,747, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith" was invented by Masahiro Ueno (Osaka, Japan) and Hirofumi Tsuji (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a developer container, a developer carrier, and a stirring/conveying member. The developer container includes: a lower housing having a first accommodating portion and a first edge portion formed in a top end portion of it; and an upper housing having a second accommodating portion and a second edge portion formed in a bottom end portion of it. The first ...