ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,260, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Tetsugo Ishida (Yamagata-Mura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a roll paper compartment 15 having a first placement surface 27 on which an outer peripheral surface Ra of a roll paper R around which a recording paper P is wound is placed and accommodating the roll paper R, a thermal head 67 performing printing on the recording paper P pulled out from the roll paper R accommodated in the roll paper compartment 15, a first projecting/retracting portion 77 provided to be configured to project from or ...