US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on Sept. 9 for "Printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,031, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing apparatus" was invented by Isao Kobayashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Takashi Suzuki (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a printing apparatus including: a holder configured to accommodate a printing medium; a conveyor configured to convey the printing medium along a conveying direction; a printer; a cutter configured to cut the printing medium; a first detector configured to detect front and rear ends of the printing medium; and a controller. A distance in the conveying direction between the first detector and the cutter is shor...