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

Claim 0:
1. 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;
an ink discharge flow path connected to the ink receiver,
a pump for discharging the liquid in the ink receiver via the ink discharge flow path; and
a sensor for detecting a storage amount of the liquid in the ink receiver,
when the flushing is performed, a predetermined amount of liquid is stored in the ink receiver, wherein
when the storage amount of the liquid in the ink receiver exceeds the predetermined amount during execution of the flushing, the control unit stops the flushing and drives the pump so as to discharge the liquid containing the ink in the ink receiver, and
when the storage amount of the liquid in the ink receiver is decreased to the predetermined amount, the control unit stops the drive of the pump and restarts the flushing.