US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Jan. 28 for "Liquid discharge apparatus, waste liquid collecting unit, and waste liquid collecting method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,619, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid discharge apparatus, waste liquid collecting unit, and waste liquid collecting method" was invented by Katsumi Yamada (Matsumoto, Japan) and Takatoshi Yamazaki (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus includes a first absorbing member (extended absorbing member or the like) that absorbs a liquid discarded from a discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of a medium supported by a support section as a waste liquid. The recording apparatus includes a second absorbing member (waste liquid absorbing member) that absorbs the was...