ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,289, issued on July 15, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Ink jet recording device" was invented by Aiichiro Otana (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet recording device includes a record head, a waste ink container, and a suction mechanism that sucks gas from the waste ink container. The waste ink container includes a suction port connected to the suction mechanism, a first receiving port that receives ink, a porous absorbing member, and a first air duct formed as a space without the absorbing member, so as to connect the first receiving port and the suction port. The waste ink contai...