INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS

Abstract: an inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink collection tray and a cleaning liquid feeding mechanism. the ink collection tray is disposed opposite the recording head to collect ink pushed out onto the ink ejection surface of the recording head. the cleaning liquid feeding mechanism feeds a cleaning liquid onto the ink collection tray. the ink collection tray has a cleaning liquid catching portion, a cleaning liquid spreading portion, a waste ink catching portion, and a waste ink discharge portion, and has a downward slope from the cleaning liquid catching portion toward the waste ink discharge portion. the waste ink catching portion has formed in it a plurality of grooves with a v-shaped cross section extending along the downward slope. the cleaning liquid spreading portion has formed on it a pair of ribs that spreads in a fan shape from the cleaning liquid catching portion toward the waste ink catching portion.

Inventor(s): Yasutaka INUI, Yuko YANO, Shuhei KAWAMATA

CPC Classification: B41J2/1714 (characterised by ink handling {(cleaning by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof ; for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing )})

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