US Patent Issued to Memjet Technology on July 8 for "Compact printing unit with integrated aerosol extraction unit" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,938, issued on July 8, was assigned to Memjet Technology Ltd. (Dublin).

"Compact printing unit with integrated aerosol extraction unit" was invented by Mark Profaca (North Ryde, Australia), James Lawrence (North Ryde, Australia) and Glenn Horrocks (North Ryde, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing unit includes: a fixed maintenance chassis having a bottom plate defining a plurality of first slots; print modules having a respective inkjet printheads extending across a media feed path; a lift mechanism for lifting and lowering the print modules relative to the media feed path; and an aerosol extraction unit mounted to an u...