ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,043, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Liquid feeding device and inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Ryo Matsuyama (Osaka, Japan) and Shuji Osaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid feeding device includes a diaphragm pump, a suction unit, a discharge unit, and a filter unit. The filter unit includes a filter disposed between the suction unit and the discharge unit, so as to cover a liquid flow cross section. The suction unit and the discharge unit are arranged in a stacking manner so that the filter unit is sandwiched between them, and that an inflow chamb...