ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,884, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing device" was invented by Tomohiro Yoda (Matsumoto, Japan) and Hiroyuki Nakayama (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a head unit that includes a nozzle and that ejects liquid from the nozzle toward a medium; a heating section that heats the medium to which the liquid was applied; and a head unit moving section configured to move the head unit, wherein the head unit includes a gas guiding section that guides air flow generated by the movement of the head unit toward the medium."
The patent was filed on Oct. 20, 2023, unde...