ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,166, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid discharging method" was invented by Hiroaki Okui (Azumino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: nozzles; individual flow paths communicating with each of the nozzles; a liquid storage portion storing liquid; a supply flow path for supplying the liquid from the liquid storage portion to the individual flow paths; a recovery flow path for recovering the liquid from the individual flow paths to the liquid storage portion; a bypass flow path that couples the supply flow path and the recovery flow ...