ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,255, issued on April 8, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing device" was invented by Yuta Watanabe (Matsumoto, Japan) and Yoshitsugu Tokai (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a carriage configured to move in a first direction along a first axis; a head configured to eject ink onto a medium; and an irradiation section that is provided alongside the head in the first direction and that is configured to irradiate ultraviolet light toward the medium, wherein the irradiation section has a cooling unit that cools the irradiation section by airflow, in a plan view facing the medium, th...