Patent ID: 7722180
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A liquid droplet discharge apparatus comprising: a conveyance member that retains and conveys a recording medium; a liquid droplet discharge head that discharges liquid droplets onto the recording medium retained on the conveyance member; a discharge member that moves to a recording medium feeding position of the conveyance member, receives the recording medium, and retains and conveys the recording medium to a discharge port; an inversion member that moves to the recording medium feeding position, receives and retains the recording medium, and feeds the recording medium to an inversion path; a second suction unit that sucks air and discharges the air toward the inversion member, the second suction unit being disposed within the discharge member; and a swinging holder that includes the discharge member and the inversion member, the inversion member in the swinging holder being disposed adjacent and below the discharge member in the swinging holder, and the air sucked by the second suction unit from suction openings formed in the discharge member being discharged directly to the inversion member.