ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,248, issued on June 10, was assigned to Canon Finetech Nisca Inc. (Misato, Japan).

"Recording apparatus" was invented by Yuji Tachihara (Nagareyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configuration which improves workability when performing maintenance. A recording apparatus 100 includes a recording head H, a main carriage 21 movable along a first direction X1, X2, a sub-carriage 22 held by the main carriage 21, and a regulating portion which regulates a movement of a recording medium P inserted into the recording apparatus 100 in a second direction Y1, Y2. The sub-carriage 22 is moved along the first direction in association wit...