ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,948, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Nobuyuki Ueda (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a detachable fuser; and a cooling controller that starts a cooling mode for cooling the fuser, and stops the cooling mode when a cooling completion condition selected by a user is satisfied."
The patent was filed on July 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/771,719.
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