US Patent Issued to ROLAND DG on Sept. 30 for "Printer" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,773, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ROLAND DG Corp. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Printer" was invented by Bunji Shinomiya (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface, a wiper to wipe the nozzle surface at a first position, a remover to remove an attachment upon contacting the wiper at a second position, an applier to apply a cleaning fluid to the wiper at a third position, a mover to move the wiper to the first to third positions, and a controller configured or programmed to include a first prior removal controller to bring the wiper into contact with the remover at the seco...