ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,498, issued on July 7, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Daijiro Ueno (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet recording apparatus includes a head unit, a cap unit, a wipe unit, a cover, an engagement member, a first cam, a second cam, a lifting mechanism, and a sliding mechanism. In the first state, the first cam moves the engagement member downward to the predetermined height or below and the second cam brings the cover into contact with the wipe unit, in the second state, the first cam moves the engagement member downward to the predetermined ...