US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 16 for "Printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,838, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus" was invented by Ryutaro Taira (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeshi Koda (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshiro Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan), Takayuki Okamoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shinya Asano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a drying unit configured to be movable to a first operating position where a print medium subjected to printing by a printing unit is dried, and to a first retracted position retracted from the first operating position. The apparatus also includes a supporting unit provided facing the drying unit and configured to be mova...