US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Sept. 15 for "Printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,811, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus" was invented by Akihiro Satake (Shiojiri, Japan) and Daisuke Nishizawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a printing medium holding unit, a carriage, a first head including a first nozzle row for ejecting a first liquid, and a suction unit including a suction port that sucks mist of the first liquid. The carriage includes a head holding plate that holds the first head and the suction unit while facing the printing medium holding unit. The head holding plate includes a first opening portion from which th...