ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,059, issued on June 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Shunsuke Yamasaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a blade, and a cleaning liquid supply member. The head unit is provided with a nozzle surface. The cleaning liquid supply member includes a supply port, a sheet member, and a holder. When the cleaning liquid supply member is moved to a supply position and then the recording head is lowered, a tip end of the sheet member comes into contact with the nozzle surface, and then the cleaning ...