ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,656, issued on May 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Ink jet recording apparatus" was invented by Tomoaki Tanto (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet recording apparatus includes an image forming unit, a drying device, a heating device to heat a recording medium, and a guide member having a downstream end portion. The image forming unit discharges ink to form an image on the recording medium. The drying device dries the recording medium on which the ink has been discharged. The heating device includes a heating rotary member and a pressing rotary member to form a nip portion to transmit heat and pressure at t...