ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,375, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Daiki Eto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a stage, a guide rail, and an opening-and-closing cover. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid to a recording medium. The stage moves in a vertical direction to move the recording medium on the stage. The guide rail holds the stage. The stage is movable in a conveyance direction intersecting the vertical direction. The opening-and-closing cover is slidable in one of the conveyance direction and a m...