ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,174, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus and controlling method" was invented by Satoshi Nakata (Matsumoto, Japan) and Daisuke Kanuma (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; an operation unit configured to be able to rotate about a rotation axis to a first operation position and a second operation position; a paper discharge tray configured to be able to move in a front-rear direction; a movement unit configured to move the paper discharge tray; a rotating mechanism configured to cause the operation unit from the first operation pos...