ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,900, issued on June 23, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image-forming apparatus including recording head connectable to liquid container through joint, a plurality of liquid channels, and a plurality of tubes" was invented by Masahiro Hayashi (Anjo, Japan), Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan), Yuma Tanabe (Nagoya, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan) and Yuji Fukuta (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image-forming apparatus includes a liquid container, a joint, a branching portion, a plurality of tubes, and a recording head. The liquid container has a first storage chamber, and a supply opening through whi...