US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Jan. 28 for "Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and three-dimensional object printing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,638, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and three-dimensional object printing method" was invented by Kenju Mochizuki (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a head that discharges a liquid to a three-dimensional workpiece, and a robot that includes an arm and a base portion coupled to one end of the arm, and changes relative positions of the workpiece and the head. The arm includes a plurality of joints and a tip portion that is the other end of the arm and supports the head, a first printing operatio...