ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,674, issued on May 27, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Seiji Tojo (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a nozzle ejecting a liquid onto a medium, a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply flow path through which the liquid storage portion communicates with the liquid ejecting portion, an opening/closing mechanism having an opening/closing portion bringing the supply flow path into an open state or a closed state and an operation portion operating the opening/closing portion, a carriage...