Patent ID: 8491108
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of inkjet heads; a common supply pipe which is connected to a plurality of head supply pipes to supply ink to the plurality of inkjet heads, and includes an upper inner wall from one end side in a longitudinal direction to the other end side, which is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction from the one end side to the other end side if an ink flow direction and opposite direction of a gravitational force are defines as positive axes; a common collection pipe to which the ink is supplied from the common supply pipe at one end side in the longitudinal direction, and which includes a plurality of head collection pipes to collect the ink from the plurality of inkjet heads; and an ink tank device which supplies the ink to the one end side of the common supply pipe, and collects the ink from the common collection pipe.