US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on April 14 for "Ink jet recording apparatus including plurality of divided transport plates and plurality of divided suction chambers" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,149, issued on April 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Ink jet recording apparatus including plurality of divided transport plates and plurality of divided suction chambers" was invented by Satoru Nakamura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a transport device, and a suction device. The transport device includes an endless belt that transports a sheet along a first direction, and a transport plate. The suction device adsorbs the sheet to the endless belt. The endless belt includes a plurality of air intake holes, penetrating in a se...