Patent ID: 7748831
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a main tank that stores ink; a sub tank, including a storage chamber that houses an absorber for absorbing the ink and a supply port that communicates with the storage chamber at an upper portion of the sub tank; a supply device that supplies the ink from the main tank to the sub tank through the supply port of the sub tank; and a recording head that discharges the ink supplied from the sub tank and performs recording while reciprocating over a recording medium; wherein the sub tank further includes a gap inside the storage chamber that guides the ink supplied by the supply device toward a lower portion of the absorber; wherein the sub tank further includes at least one aperture opened over the storage chamber at the upper portion of the sub tank, and the ink from the supply port is guided to the aperture; and wherein the gap is formed directly under the aperture.