ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,560, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Masashi Ito (Tokyo), Yuri Mori (Tokyo), Takashi Abe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Nanae Uchinuno (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a container configured to store a liquid to be supplied to a discharge unit, a first cover portion capable of moving between a closing position where an inlet portion in the container is covered and an opening position, a second cover portion capable of moving between a closing position where the first cover portion is covered and an opening position where the first cover po...