Patent ID: 7393097
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a first roller; a second roller; a looped conveyor belt wrapped around the first and second rollers to be stretched between the first and second rollers; a conveyance face formed on the conveyor belt to convey a record medium; an ink-jet head having an ink ejection face on which a plurality of nozzles each of which ejects ink are formed; and a guide groove that guides the first roller so that the first roller can be moved between a conveyance position where the conveyance face is opposed to the ink ejection face in a state wherein the conveyance face is parallel to the ink ejection face, and a withdrawal position where the conveyance face is distant from the ink ejection face by a distance larger than a distance between the conveyance face and the ink ejection face when the first roller is at the conveyance position and a distance between axes of the first and second rollers is shorter than that when the first roller is at the conveyance position.