US Patent Issued to RICOH on Feb. 3 for "Head module, image forming apparatus, and liquid discharge apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,700, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Head module, image forming apparatus, and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Satomi Araki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takahiro Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head module includes at least two liquid discharge heads, a reservoir, a heater, an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet, and a wall member. The liquid discharge heads discharge liquid. The reservoir stores the liquid. The heater heats the liquid in the reservoir. The liquid is to be introduced from the inlet into the reservoir. The liquid in the reservoir is to be delivered from t...