ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,019, issued on May 6, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Drying device and recording device" was invented by Hiroto Tomioka (Shiojiri, Japan) and Tadashi Aizawa (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a drying device disposed at a predetermined interval from a recording medium and including a heater configured to dry liquid applied to the recording medium with a high frequency wave. The heater includes a first electrode coupled to a power supply that outputs the high frequency wave and a second electrode coupled to the power supply that outputs the ...