ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,655, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Vivid Laminating Technologies Ltd (Ashby de la Zouch, Great Britain).
"Vertical printer apparatus" was invented by Gavin Ward (Ashby de la Zouch, Great Britain) and Lewis Evans (Ashby de la Zouch, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical printer apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a base and a printhead unit support frame extending substantially vertically above the base. A support frame actuator is configured to move the printhead unit support frame relative to the base along a longitudinal axis. A printhead unit is mounted to the printhead unit support frame and a pr...