US Patent Issued to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT on June 16 for "Media holders" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,473, issued on June 16, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Media holders" was invented by Victor Lorente Tejero (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Ricard Ejarque Montalvo (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Albert Estella Aguerri (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and David Munoz Navarro (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a carriage to move laterally in a scanning direction over a platen, a scan beam to support the carriage over the platen, a mechanism to move the scan beam vertically, and a media holder. The media holder co...