ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,134, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Ink-jet printer" was invented by Akinori Igarashi (Kasugai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an ink-jet printer, including a casing, a recording head arranged in the casing and configured to jet the ink, and a tank arranged in the casing and configured to store ink which is to be supplied to the recording head. The tank includes: an ink chamber; a lower wall located lower the ink chamber; an upper wall located upper the ink chamber; an inlet communicating with the ink chamber; a positioning section disposed on the lower wall; and a conn...