ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,060, issued on May 20, was assigned to FUJI Corp. (Chiryu, Japan).

"Nozzle replacement table unit" was invented by Hiroyoshi Sugita (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle replacement table unit includes a nozzle container configured to accommodate multiple nozzles for replacement, a pedestal to which the nozzle container is detachably attached, a fixing mechanism configured to fix the nozzle container to the pedestal, and an operation section configured to release fixing by the fixing mechanism. The operation section is provided in the nozzle container."

The patent was filed on May 31, 2019, under Application No. 17/...