ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,893, issued on May 26, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Degassing device and inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Takeru Yoshida (Osaka, Japan), Hiroaki Watanabe (Osaka, Japan), Hideki Ishida (Osaka, Japan) and Takeshi Watanabe (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A degassing device removes air dissolved in a liquid under a pressure decreased atmosphere, and includes a liquid tank, a pressure decreasing device, a circulation flow pass, a circulation device, and a variable mechanism. The liquid tank stores the liquid. The pressure decreasing device decreases pressure in the liquid tank. Th...