US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Inkjet recording apparatus having wipe unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,857, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus having wipe unit" was invented by Yasutaka Inui (Osaka, Japan) and Shuhei Kawamata (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a blade, a first supply member, and a second supply member. The blade performs a wiping operation along a nozzle surface of an inkjet head. The first supply member is provided on a rear side of the nozzle surface in a moving direction in the wiping operation, and supplies a cleaning liquid to the blade. The second supply member is provided on a front side of...