US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Maintenance device and inkjet recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,853, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Maintenance device and inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Takashi Morita (Osaka, Japan) and Tatsuhiko Yoshii (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maintenance device includes a cap, a lifting device, a cleaning liquid supply device, an oscillating device, and a control part. The cap is attached to a nozzle surface of an inkjet head. The lifting device lifts and lowers at least one of the inkjet head or the cap. The cleaning liquid supply device supplies a cleaning liquid to the cap. The oscillating device oscillates the cap. The c...