US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on June 30 for "Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,020, issued on June 30, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and method" was invented by Hajime Kobayashi (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a three-dimensional object printing apparatus including: a first head that ejects a first liquid from a first nozzle onto a workpiece; a second head that ejects a second liquid from a second nozzle onto the workpiece; a first Z movement mechanism that moves the first head along a Z-axis; a second Z movement mechanism that moves the second head along the Z-axis; an X movement mechanism that moves the first head and the...