ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,827, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Kazuya Tajima (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid; and a flow channel member including a flow channel coupling member detachably coupled to the liquid ejecting head, a supply channel coupled to a flow channel inside the flow channel coupling member, and a displacement member configured to be displaced between a closing position at which the displacement member closes the supply channel and an opening position at which the di...