ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,115, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Drawing apparatus and recording apparatus" was invented by Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Gakushi Tanaka (Kanagawa, Japan), Toru Yada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuji Kagami (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a drawing apparatus including: a base member; and a drawing member that is attached so as to be capable of being drawn and pressed in a reciprocating direction with respect to the base member, wherein the base member has a couple application mechanism that applies a couple for correcting skewing of the drawing member with respect to the re...