ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,005, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Platen and printing device" was invented by Yutaka Takagiwa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platen for a printing device supports a cloth onto which ink is to be ejected from an ink jet head of the printing device. The platen has a plurality of protrusion portions each protruding upward from an upper surface of the platen. Tip ends of the protrusion portions each have a shape for hooking fluff or fibers of the cloth."
The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/233,960.
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