ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,577, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Printer" was invented by Yosuke Nishimura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a supply-side roll, a winding roller, a detector, a printing assembly, a conveying roller, and an adjuster. The supply-side roll is formed by winding an ink ribbon around a delivery roller. The winding roller winds the ink ribbon. The detector detects a change in tension of the ink ribbon. The printing assembly prints on a printing medium via the ink ribbon stretched between the supply-side roll and a collection-side roll formed by winding the ink ribbon. The...