Patent ID: 11964489
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
a recording head including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink;
a conveyor belt configured to have a plurality of apertures, and to convey recording media one by one;
a control unit configured to control drive of the recording head and the conveyor belt to perform flushing, in which the ink is ejected from the nozzle of the recording head so as to pass through one of the plurality of apertures, at a timing different from a timing contributing to image recording;
an ink receiver disposed to be opposed to the recording head sandwiching the conveyor belt therebetween, so as to receive the ink after passing through the aperture when the flushing is performed; and
an ink discharge flow path connected to the ink receiver,
when the flushing is performed, a predetermined amount of liquid is stored in the ink receiver, wherein
the ink receiver is provided with a float member having a specific gravity smaller than that of the liquid,
when the storage amount of the liquid in the ink receiver exceeds the predetermined amount, the float member opens a connection part of the ink receiver with the ink discharge flow path, and
when storage amount of the liquid in the ink receiver becomes less than or equal to the predetermined amount, the float member closes the connection part.