ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,813, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BOBST MEX SA (Mex, Switzerland).
"Ink cartridge receiving module" was invented by Jose-Manuel Romero (Bussigny, Switzerland), William Watson (Bollion, Switzerland) and Rodolph Laurent (Vufflens-la-Ville, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink cartridge receiving module having a plurality of receiving spaces (14) for receiving a plurality of ink cartridges (20), each receiving space (14) having a bottom surface (22) which is inclined at an angle between 10deg and 45deg with respect to a horizontal plane, each receiving space (14) further having a connector (30) adapted for removing in...