ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,750, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid supplying device having tank and cartridge attachable thereto" was invented by Masahiro Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan), Yoshinori Osakabe (Seto, Japan), Akinari Ishibe (Okazaki, Japan) and Hiroaki Takahashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid supplying device includes a tank a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The cartridge is formed with a communicating opening in communication with the first storage chamber. The tank has a second storage chamber and a joint having a hollow cylindrical shape. In an atta...