Patent ID: 7354134
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head that ejects ink therefrom to perform recording on a recording medium; a recovery unit that causes the recording head to perform a purge process; a reception member that receives the ink ejected in the purge process and has flexibility; and an arrangement mechanism that stores the reception member, which is in a wound state, in a wound position outside a recording area where the recording head performs the recording on the recording medium, and that pulls out the reception member from the wound position to a position under the recording head and retracts the pulled-out reception member to the wound position, wherein the arrangement mechanism pulls out the reception member to the position under the recording head when the recovery unit causes the recording head to perform the purge process, wherein the arrangement mechanism includes a shaft, wherein at least part of the reception member is wound around the shaft in the wound state, wherein the reception member wound around the shaft is pulled out to the position under the recording head, the reception member including a reception region capable of receiving the ink ejected from the recording head at the position under the recording head, and wherein at least a part of the reception region of the pulled-out reception member is again wound around the shaft when the pulled-out reception member is retracted to the wound position.