ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,453, issued on June 16, was assigned to RISO KAGAKU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Inkjet printer" was invented by Ryosuke Nishikawa (Tokyo) and Takeshi Higuchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printer includes: an inkjet head configured to eject ink to a print medium being conveyed; a mist collector including at least a suction port configured to suck air from a side of the inkjet head on which the print medium passes; and a controller configured to control the mist collector. A space on the side of the inkjet head on which the print medium passes is an open space in which nothing but the print medium passing is arranged within a pr...