ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,812, issued on July 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Printing device" was invented by Shuichi Fukuoka (Kirishima, Japan), Hisamitsu Sakai (Kyoto, Japan), Akihiko Nishimoto (Kirishima, Japan), Hitoshi Ookoda (Kirishima, Japan), Takashi Miyahara (Kirishima, Japan), Atsushi Ishihara (Kirishima, Japan) and Chihiro Takeshita (Kirishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes an ink ejector, a dryer, and a melting device. The ink ejector ejects an ink to an object on which a printed record is to be produced. The ink contains a medium and a fixing polymer. The dryer heats the object to expedite ...