Patent ID: 7344238
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording device for forming an image on a recording medium with an inkjet recording head, the inkjet recording device comprising: a conveyance section to which one face of the recording medium is adhered, the conveyance section conveying the recording medium to the inkjet recording head; and a switchback section to which the recording medium, on another face of which an image has been formed, is transferred from the conveyance section, the one face of the recording medium being adhered to the switchback section, and the switchback section re-supplying the recording medium to the conveyance section such that the other face of the recording medium can be adhered to the conveyance section; wherein the conveyance section includes a conveyance belt wound round at least two rollers, the switchback section includes an inversion drum, and the inkjet recording device further includes: a first separation portion, which separates the recording medium from the conveyance belt for transferring the recording medium from the conveyance belt to the inversion drum; a second separation portion, which separates the recording medium from the inversion drum for transferring the recording medium from the inversion drum to the conveyance belt; and a third separation portion, which separates the recording medium from the conveyance belt for ejection.