US Patent Issued to Canon on July 21 for "Inspection apparatus and printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,206, issued on July 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Inspection apparatus and printing apparatus" was invented by Takuma Kodoi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing head includes printing element boards which are in fluid communication with each other through a liquid chamber, includes an inlet port and an outlet port, and is arranged such that the ink circulates inside the liquid chamber, and inside the liquid chamber, the ink circulates in nozzle portions in the printing element boards. An inspection apparatus includes: the printing head; an inlet passage; an outlet passage; an ink circulatory system; a...