ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,771, issued on April 7, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image recording device including thermal head and reader positioned downstream of thermal head in conveying direction" was invented by Keita Koyama (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an image recording device, a thermal head is located in the housing. An ink ribbon is to be supplied toward the thermal head from a first supply member. A first supply member is located in the housing. A first take-up member is located in the housing and takes up the ink ribbon. A conveying member is located in the housing and conveys a medium toward the thermal he...