ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,182, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Recording apparatus" was invented by Tomoyuki Nagase (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshiro Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshinobu Tokita (Kanagawa, Japan) and Waichiro Saiki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a recording apparatus including: a platen that supports a recording medium conveyed by a conveyance unit; a carriage that supports a recording head so as to be opposed to the platen and moves in a scanning direction; and a blowing unit for sending air to the recording medium supported by the platen, wherein the carriage has a recessed portion opposed to a...