ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,809, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SII PRINTEK INC. (Chiba, Japan).

"Cleaning device for liquid jet head and liquid jet recording apparatus" was invented by Yosuke Shinano (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alignment with a liquid jet head can easily be achieved, and surfaces of a jet plate and a guard member and an inside of an opening part of the guard member can be cleaned without injuring the jet plate even when side surfaces of the liquid jet head are not exposed, and a part of the jet plate is not exposed by the guard member. A cleaning device for an inkjet head includes a holder, and the holder includes a j...