ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,562, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid jet device" was invented by Masaki Kato (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The liquid jet device 1 includes a nozzle 3 that ejects liquid L from a nozzle aperture 3a in a jet direction B along a first axis AX, a liquid transport tube 7 that transports the liquid L to the nozzle 3, and a suction tube 10 that has a suction port 12a and sucks the liquid L jetted from the nozzle 3 through a suction port 12a. The suction tube 10 has an extended portion 11 that extends along the first axis AX and a bent portion 12 that connects to the extended portio...