Patent ID: 8251507
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an ink ejection head having ink ejection openings; a conveyance mechanism which is disposed below the ink ejection head and conveys a recording medium facing the ink ejection openings; a recording medium feeder which is disposed below the conveyance mechanism, is capable of stocking therein a recording medium, and feeds a recording medium to the conveyance mechanism; a refeeder which is partially disposed below the recording medium feeder and which refeeds, to the conveyance mechanism, a recording medium having conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, along a refeed path which includes a first path and a second path following the first path, the first path passing through a space below the recording medium feeder, and the second path passing in a vertical direction to the conveyance mechanism through a space at a side of the recording medium feeder; an ink reservoir which is disposed below the refeeder and reserves therein ink to be fed to the ink ejection head; a housing that houses the ink ejection head, the conveyance mechanism, the recording medium feeder, and the refeeder therein, wherein the refeeder is movable toward the outside of the housing in a conveyance direction of a recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism.