ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,843, issued on March 25, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Liquid supplying apparatus" was invented by Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Nanami Abe (Niigata, Japan) and Masahiro Hayashi (Nishio, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid supplying apparatus including: a liquid container including an internal space, and a tank having a storing chamber. The liquid container has: an upper surface, a nozzle, and a circular wall projecting upward from the upper surface. The tank has: a body; a projecting wall defining a tank recessed part, and a communicating tube position...