ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,647, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus with ozone removal" was invented by Yoshiki Kogiso (Numazu Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charger, a ventilation mechanism, an exposure device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a controller. The ventilation mechanism guides ozone generated in the charger to an ozone discharge port. The exposure device forms an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor charged by the charger. The transfer device transfers a toner image on the photoconductor developed by the...