ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,183, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Ink-jet recording apparatus" was invented by Aiichiro Otana (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a recording head; a waste-ink container; and a suction mechanism, the waste-ink container including a plurality of catching ports that are configured to catch ink, a suction port that is connected to the suction mechanism, and a plurality of suction airflow paths that are connected respectively to the plurality of catching ports, and that are configured to allow suction airflow to pass through the plura...