US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 8 for "Inkjet recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,641, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Aiichiro Otana (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance member, a control unit, an ink collection unit, an ink passage and a suction unit. The ink passage is formed between the conveyance member and an ink reception portion. The suction unit is coupled to the ink reception portion, and sucks the ink that has passed through the opening together with air in the ink passage. In the conveyance member, an air circulation hole is formed...