US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 9 for "Toner container and image forming apparatus including the toner container" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,437, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Toner container and image forming apparatus including the toner container" was invented by Hirofumi Tsuji (Osaka, Japan) and Masahiro Ueno (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The toner container includes a container body, a transmission gear, a cap member, and a seal member. The transmission gear is fitted to the container body under a circumferential-movement restricted condition, and transmits rotation driving force to the container body. The cap member covers an opening of the container body, and retains a rotation-halted state while...