ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,161, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Nakamura (Shiojiri, Japan), Satoshi Inomata (Matsumoto, Japan) and Akihiro Toya (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge liquid. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a reservoir configured to store liquid to be supplied to the liquid discharge head. The reservoir is provided at a position lower than the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a supply flow path configured to communicate with the li...