Patent ID: 7806509
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet image forming apparatus which forms an image by discharging an ink onto a medium, comprising: a recording head in which a plurality of nozzles which jet the ink is formed; a carriage which has the recording head mounted thereon, and which moves reciprocally in a predetermined direction; a waste-ink tank which stores the ink discharged from the nozzles; and a guide section which guides an air flow, generated when the carriage moves to the waste-ink tank to bring the air flow into contact with the ink stored in the waste-ink tank; wherein the guide section includes an air blowing passage which has a substantially cylindrical shape, and of which one end faces a traveling route in which the carriage reciprocally moves and the other end of which faces the waste-ink tank.