US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on May 13 for "Method of controlling a liquid ejecting device and liquid ejecting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,594, issued on May 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method of controlling a liquid ejecting device and liquid ejecting device" was invented by Ken Inoue (Shiojiri, Japan), Tomoki Shinoda (Shiojiri, Japan), Shunsuke Kuramata (Shiojiri, Japan) and Masaaki Ando (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of controlling a liquid ejecting device. The liquid ejecting device includes a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid containing an inorganic pigment from a nozzle provided at a nozzle surface, a wiper unit including a band-like member configured to absorb the liquid and a pressing uni...