ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,414, issued on June 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image reading apparatus" was invented by Yoshikazu Shimizu (Kasugai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus includes a housing having a conveying path, a recording head, a first transport roller pair located downstream of the recording head, a second transport roller pair located downstream of the first conveying roller pair, a reading unit located between the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair, a sheet support portion facing the reading unit, a glass plate located between the reading unit and the sheet ...