US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on June 24 for "Image recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,587, issued on June 24, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image recording apparatus" was invented by Mitsugi Tanaka (Nagoya, Japan), Yoshikazu Shimizu (Kasugai, Japan) and Takahiro Nishimoto (Ogaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a casing; a first cover configured to move to an open position and to a close position; a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction; a recording head configured to discharge a liquid onto the sheet; a heater configured to heat at least one of the sheet and the liquid discharged to the sheet; a second cover...