US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on March 25 for "Liquid consumption device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,348, issued on March 25, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid consumption device" was invented by Yoshinori Osakabe (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid consumption device has a tank having an inner space partitioned by an outer wall. The tank has a first inner wall which extends from the outer wall on a one side in a first direction perpendicular to an up-down direction. Further, the first inner wall partitions the inner space into a first space and a second space, which communicate with each other through a first communication hole formed on the first inner wall. A third space, which is partiti...