ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,991, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording apparatus" was invented by So Warashina (Shiojiri, Japan), Shinji Hirata (Shiojiri, Japan) and Takeshi Komaki (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus includes a recording portion, a liquid container portion containing a liquid to be supplied to the recording portion, a body in which the recording portion and the liquid container portion are mounted, and a housing that houses the body. The body can be changed in position between a closed position and an open position in a position-change direction intersecting with a vertical di...