US Patent Issued to RICOH on Aug. 4 for "Liquid container, ink cartridge, and liquid discharge apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,817, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Liquid container, ink cartridge, and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Hideaki Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid container includes a first liquid container to contain a first liquid and a second liquid container disposed on one side of the first liquid container in the longitudinal direction. The second liquid container contains a second liquid different from the first liquid. The second liquid container includes a transparent part visible from the outside of the second liquid container and a scale inside the second liquid cont...