ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,327, issued on June 2, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Wiping device and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Kenta Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiping device includes a web windable for a winding length; a memory; circuitry configured to: cause the web to wipe in a wiping direction: a first head to discharge a first type of liquid; and a second head to discharge a second type of liquid different from the first type of liquid; and cause the memory to store information about one of the first head or the second head that has been previously wiped with the web; and change the winding len...