US Patent Issued to Ricoh on Nov. 18 for "Dyeing apparatus, dyeing unit, dyeing/embroidery system, and adjustment method in dyeing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,679, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Dyeing apparatus, dyeing unit, dyeing/embroidery system, and adjustment method in dyeing apparatus" was invented by Masayuki Sunaoshi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dyeing apparatus is configured to be connected to an embroidery apparatus. The dyeing apparatus includes a dyer configured to dye a thread; a conveying path in which a path length of the thread from the dyer to the embroidery apparatus is changed according to an operation of the embroidery apparatus; and a conveyance control unit configured to adjust a conveyance speed of the thread in the ...