US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on July 14 for "Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method of liquid ejecting apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,100, issued on July 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method of liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Nanami Haga (Shiojiri, Japan), Yuki Hirabayashi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Seiji Tojo (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle; a mounting portion on which a liquid container in which the liquid is sealed is detachably mounted; a sub-tank in which the liquid supplied from the liquid container is stored; a connection channel connected to the sub-tank and the head; an opening and closing valve posit...