ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,783, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ink supplier" was invented by Kazuhiko Asada (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinsuke Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink supplier includes a supply reservoir that stores ink to be supplied to a plurality of heads in an ink-jet printing apparatus. The supply reservoir includes: a first horizontal reservoir of a cylindrical shape having a plurality of supply ports communicating with a plurality of heads; and a first vertical reservoir having a side surface provided with a first opening directly or indirectly communicating with one end of t...