US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on May 12 for "Liquid discharge apparatus and control method of liquid discharge apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,477, issued on May 12, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid discharge apparatus and control method of liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Keisuke Niwa (Chino, Japan) and Mitsuhiro Koseki (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a transport belt that transports a medium, a discharge section that discharges a liquid to the medium transported by the transport belt, a cleaning mechanism that cleans the transport belt, and a control section that controls the cleaning mechanism. The cleaning mechanism includes a web that abuts against the transport belt and wipes off the liquid...