ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,758, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing device" was invented by Takumi Sato (Matsumoto, Japan), Shoji Akatsu (Shiojiri, Japan) and Shuhei Kurotobi (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device 1 includes a print section 8 for printing on a continuous medium M, a pair of holding sections 3 each having an insertion section 15 configured to be inserted into one of a first winding core of the wound medium M or a second winding core for winding the medium M from an outer side in an extending direction of the winding core, and a support section 19 for supporting the holding section ...