ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,126, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printer" was invented by Naoki Sendaya (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a medium supply unit, a head, a discharge outlet, a take-up unit, and a reader. The medium supply unit is configured to supply a medium. The head is configured to perform printing onto the medium supplied from the medium supply unit. The discharge outlet is configured to discharge the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along a discharge path connecting the head and the discharge outlet. The take-up unit is arranged be...