ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,651, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid consuming apparatus including liquid tank with rotatable cover" was invented by Yoshinori Osakabe (Seto, Japan) and Tomohisa Higuchi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid consuming apparatus including: a tank having a liquid storing chamber, an erected wall through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank, and an inlet which is formed to penetrate through the erected wall and via which the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber; a liquid consuming section which ...