US Patent Issued to Brady Worldwide on March 31 for "Printer maintenance carousel system and method" (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,597, issued on March 31, was assigned to Brady Worldwide Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Printer maintenance carousel system and method" was invented by Ryan Maloney (Milwaukee), Gregg J. Haensgen (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Gregory S. Retzlaff (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Brent A. Bandholz (Hubertus, Wis.), Richard C. Sonntag (Swarthmore, Pa.) and Jonathan M. Mantes (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maintenance carousel for collecting waste ink ejected by one or more printheads of an inkjet printer is provided. In some instances, the maintenance carousel may include a tray and an actuator assembly retained within an enclosure. The actua...