US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on April 14 for "Material storage apparatus, method of controlling material storage apparatus, and sheet manufacturing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,112, issued on April 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Material storage apparatus, method of controlling material storage apparatus, and sheet manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Masaki Ota (Matsumoto, Japan) and Koji Motohashi (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material storage apparatus includes: a material storage portion configured to store scraps of paper and including a material container and a lid, the material container having a material inlet enabling the scraps of paper to be input into the material container, the lid being configured to open and close the material inlet; a humidification...