US Patent Issued to Sharp on May 6 for "Image forming apparatus including developer carrier that is rotatable in forward direction and reverse direction" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,702, issued on May 6, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including developer carrier that is rotatable in forward direction and reverse direction" was invented by Ikuya Kajiura (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device of an image forming apparatus includes a rotatable developer carrier, a layer regulating member, a storage, a developer tank, and a side part on which a first inclined surface is provided. The first inclined surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane such that a distance from the developer carrier increases as the first inclined surface approaches the ...