ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,412, issued on June 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Kazuhisa Kato (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first air blowing unit includes a first air blowing flow path. A second air blowing unit includes a second air blowing flow path and a communication port. The second air blowing flow path has a greater cross-sectional area for blowing air than a cross-sectional area of the first air blowing flow path. The first air blowing unit is located downstream from a carriage and upstream from a processing unit. A part or all of the second air blowing unit is located between a h...