US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 1 for "Inkjet image forming apparatus capable of suppressing erroneous operation when connecting joint to discharge port of ink container" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,382, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet image forming apparatus capable of suppressing erroneous operation when connecting joint to discharge port of ink container" was invented by Susumu Hanano (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an ink container, a tube, a joint, a tray, and a handle. The ink container stores ink to be supplied to an inkjet head. The tube connects the ink container and the inkjet head. The joint is provided at one end of the tube and is removably connected to a discharge port of the ink container. The tray is insert...