ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,593, issued on March 31, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Aiichiro Otana (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a waste ink container, and a suction mechanism. The waste ink container has a plurality of receiving ports to receive ink, a suction port, and a plurality of suction air passages configured to communicate between a destination receiving port and the suction port. The suction air passages include a plurality of first air passages connected to one first receiving port, and a plurality of ...