US Patent Issued to Oki Electric Industry on Feb. 11 for "Image formation apparatus including cleaning member to remove roller adherents" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,669, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Image formation apparatus including cleaning member to remove roller adherents" was invented by Toshiyuki Totsuka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more embodiments may be an image formation apparatus that may include: a roller attached to an apparatus main body to convey a medium; and a pivot member pivotable between a closed position and an open position relative to the apparatus main body. The pivot member includes: a cleaning member that is in contact with the roller to thereby remove adherents from the roller in a state where the pivot me...