ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,294, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid ejection device" was invented by Hiroshi Nose (Shiojiri, Japan), Tomoji Suzuki (Matsumoto, Japan) and Manabu Yamada (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejection device includes a base section, a liquid ejection section that ejects ink from nozzles onto a medium, a liquid receiving section that receives ink ejected as waste liquid from the nozzle, an ejection section movement mechanism that holds the ejection section and the liquid receiving section movably, and a liquid tray that is provided below the liquid receiving section and receives...