ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,546, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Kazuhisa Yoda (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a body, a liquid discharge head, a liquid receptacle, an instruction device, and circuitry. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid. The liquid receptacle is replaceable by detachably attaching to the body. The liquid receptacle stores a waste liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head. The instruction device displays an instruction and receives code data assigned to the liquid receptacle. The circuitry causes th...