US Patent Issued to Memjet Technology on May 12 for "Printing unit with air guides for optimized airflow" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,459, issued on May 12, was assigned to Memjet Technology Ltd. (Dublin).

"Printing unit with air guides for optimized airflow" was invented by Glenn Horrocks (North Ryde, Australia), Samuel Mallinson (North Ryde, Australia), Michael Hudson (North Ryde, Australia) and Joseph Tharion (North Ryde, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing unit includes: a base plate defining an elongate slot extending across a media feed path; an elongate printhead positioned in the slot for printing onto print media fed along the media feed path; an aerosol extractor positioned downstream of the printhead relative to a media feed direction, the...