ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,172, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Videojet Technologies Inc. (Wood Dale, Ill.).
"Apparatus and method for printing" was invented by Michael Jeffrey Stamp (Leicester, Great Britain) and Robert Smith (Northamptonshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for continuous ink jet printing, comprising: an ink system comprising an ink storage tank (15) operable to supply ink to a print head associated with the apparatus; a single cartridge connection (9) for releasable engagement with a fluid cartridge (8), the cartridge connection (9) comprising: a fluid connector (10) for engaging an outlet of a fluid cartridge; a...