Patent ID: 8911053
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a conveyor roller pair comprising a plurality of rollers, each of the plurality of rollers comprising a rotational shaft, the conveyor roller pair configured to convey a sheet, which is being guided in a first conveyance path, along a conveyance direction while nipping the sheet therebetween; a recording unit disposed downstream of the conveyor roller pair in the conveyance direction and configured to eject ink droplets from nozzles to record an image onto the sheet; a reversible roller pair disposed downstream of the conveyor roller pair in the conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet downstream in the conveyance direction or into a second conveyance path while nipping the sheet therebetween, wherein the second conveyance path joins the first conveyance path at a first junction located downstream of the conveyor roller pair and upstream of the reversible roller pair in the conveyance direction and at a second junction located upstream of the conveyor roller pair in the conveyance direction; a corrugate mechanism disposed upstream of the reversible roller pair in the conveyance direction and configured to form the sheet into a corrugated shape in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction and parallel to a recording surface of the sheet; and a control device configured to: