US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 3 for "Recording apparatus and cleaning method of recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,856, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Recording apparatus and cleaning method of recording apparatus" was invented by Yoshikazu Saito (Tokyo), Takatoshi Nakano (Kanagawa, Japan), Yutaka Kano (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tsukasa Sano (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to clean a discharge port surface of a recording apparatus includes applying a cleaning liquid to the discharge port surface by a cleaning liquid application unit. The discharge port surface includes a discharge port line, a hydrophilic part, and a water-repellent part located between the hydrophilic part and the discharge port line. A...