US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 18 for "Inkjet recording apparatus capable of suppressing ink smudge on conveying belt" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,741, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus capable of suppressing ink smudge on conveying belt" was invented by Yu Sasaki (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshiya Kusunoki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveying belt and a control portion. The conveying belt includes a flushing area formed with an opening. During sheet conveyance, the control portion causes a recording head to perform flushing processing in which ink is discharged toward the opening of the flushing area not overlapping with the sheet. The control portion...