ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,393, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Degassing device and inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Takeru Yoshida (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Watanabe (Osaka, Japan), Yoshihiro Yamagishi (Osaka, Japan) and Hideki Ishida (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 circulation flow pass, and a circulation device. The liquid tank stores the liquid. The pressure decreasing device decreases pressure in the liquid tank. The ...