ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,573, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording apparatus" was invented by Takamasa Ikagawa (Matsumoto, Japan) and Akinobu Nakahata (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording apparatus includes a plurality of medium containing units that is provided along a vertical direction and contains a medium before recording, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting liquid toward the medium, and at least one liquid containing unit that contains the liquid. The plurality of medium containing units includes a first medium containing unit located at an uppermost position, and a sec...