ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,701, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Inkjet printer" was invented by Masatomo Ojima (Kawaguchi, Japan), Hirofumi Okuhara (Tokyo), Tatsuo Nanjo (Kawasaki, Japan) and Chiaki Muraoka (Kawaguchi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to discharge ink and an ink tank including a plurality of ink storage portions in which the ink is stored to supply the ink to the inkjet head via a connected tube, and replenishing ports via which the plurality of ink storage portions is replenished with ink, wherein the ink tank has an outer wall facing an outer side of the ink tank ...