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

Claim 8:
9. 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 recording head includes a cleaning liquid supplying unit configured to eject cleaning liquid to be supplied to a nozzle surface of the recording head on which the nozzles open, for cleaning the nozzle surface,
the liquid is the cleaning liquid, and
the control unit controls the cleaning liquid supplying unit to eject the cleaning liquid through the aperture to the ink receiver, so that a predetermined amount of the cleaning liquid is stored.