US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Nov. 25 for "Printing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,223, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing device" was invented by Keita Hanawa (Matsumoto, Japan), Tatsuya Ito (Shiojiri, Japan) and Ryo Nishikawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device 10 includes a head unit 39 configured to eject liquid onto a medium; a first movement section 37 configured to move the head unit 39 in a width direction X; a guide frame 40 configured to guide movement of the head unit 39 in a width direction X; and a second movement section 38 configured to move the first movement section 37 in a forward and rearward direction Y intersecting the width dir...