Patent ID: 9114649
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a printing section having an inkjet head and performing printing on a recording medium; an apparatus main body having an arrangement section that includes a conveyance belt with an upper surface as an arrangement surface on which the recording medium is placed for conveying the recording medium in a conveyance direction and a lower surface opposed to the upper surface and movable in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction, and a support section that supports the printing section so as to stand the inkjet head face to face with the recording medium; and a gap adjustment section adjusting a gap between a nozzle surface of the inkjet head and the arrangement surface by moving the printing section in parallel with respect to the arrangement surface in a separate direction; wherein the gap adjustment section has a first adjustment section and a second adjustment section that are placed across the arrangement section, an input section that operates the first adjustment section, and an interlock section that interlocks the first adjustment section and the second adjustment section, the first adjustment section including a first cam that is operatively coupled to the input section, and a first cam follower that is fixedly coupled to the support section, the first cam and the first cam follower slidably contacting with respect to each other at a location spaced from the inkjet head in the separate direction by more than distance between the inkjet head and the lower surface of the conveyance belt.