US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on July 28 for "Printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,698, issued on July 28, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus" was invented by Ryuji Moriyama (Matsumoto, Japan) and Yuta Watanabe (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a moving mechanism configured to be movable in a front-rear direction with respect to a medium support portion that supports a printing medium, and a driving mechanism that moves the moving mechanism in the front-rear direction, wherein the moving mechanism includes a first guide shaft, a second guide shaft, a first leg portion movably supported by the first guide shaft, and a second leg portion movably...