ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,673, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NAKA LIQUID CONTROL Co. LTD. (Moriguchi, Japan).
"Nozzle plate and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Kouji Ikeda (Moriguchi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a nozzle plate and a liquid discharge apparatus capable of sufficiently mixing a liquid. A nozzle plate 20 comprises a reservoir 21 for storing a liquid, a liquid channel 23 for introducing a liquid supplied from a liquid supply unit 100 into the reservoir, and a discharge channel 22c for discharging the liquid stored in the reservoir 21, wherein a mixing element 26 for mixing the liquid is freely detachably provid...