ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,179, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Nakata (Matsumoto, Japan), Masanari Tanaka (Shiojiri, Japan) and Tatsuya Ito (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus includes: a recording portion that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid to be ejected by the recording portion; and a housing that includes an accommodation portion exterior that accommodates the liquid accommodation portion, wherein the liquid accommodation portion includes a viewing region configured...