US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 16 for "Method of cleaning fluid dispenser by applying suction force and vibrating meniscus" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,357, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Method of cleaning fluid dispenser by applying suction force and vibrating meniscus" was invented by Craig William Cone (Austin, Texas), Qi Ni (Pflugerville, Texas), Hiroyuki Kondo (Utsunomiya, Japan), Antoine Dellinger (Liberty Hill, Texas) and Steven C Shackleton (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of cleaning a fluid dispenser for dispensing a material during non-contact maintenance of the fluid dispenser. The fluid dispenser including a plurality of nozzles disposed on a faceplate. The method including applying a suction force onto a surface of the ...