ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,111, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording device" was invented by Yuta Kawaguchi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Shoji Akatsu (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a head, a main body portion, a carriage provided with the head and configured to be able to reciprocate along a guide shaft, and an ink tube configured to supply ink to the head from an ink accommodating portion disposed at the main body portion. The carriage includes a guided portion supported by the guide shaft, a tube holding unit attached to the guided portion and configured to hold the ink tube, and a hea...