ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,392, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A degassing device removes air dissolved in liquid under a pressure decreased atmosphere. The degassing device includes a liquid tank, a pressure decreasing device, a dipping member, and a lifting device. The liquid tank stores the liquid. The pressure decreasing device decreases pressure in the liquid tank. The dipping m...