ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,897, issued on June 23, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Kazutoshi Matsuzaki (Shiojiri, Japan) and Nobuyuki Nishi (Hara-mura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid onto a medium which is transported and has an ejection surface from which the liquid is ejected and which intersects a horizontal direction; a transport path that is disposed upstream of a position facing the liquid ejecting portion and is positioned vertically below the liquid ejecting portion; and an opening/closing member that is conf...