ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,905, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ink supplier" was invented by Kazuhiko Asada (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinsuke Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink supplier includes: a supply reservoir storing ink to be supplied to a plurality of heads; and a discharge pipe used for discharging the ink from the supply reservoir. The supply reservoir includes: a cylindrical first horizontal reservoir having a plurality of supply ports each communicating with one of the plurality of heads; and a first vertical reservoir having a side surface provided with a first opening communicatin...