Patent ID: 7901030
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a conveyance device including an endless belt for conveying a recording medium placed on an exterior surface of the endless belt; a recording device for jetting ink to record an image onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance device; and a cleaning device for cleaning the exterior surface of the endless belt, wherein the cleaning device includes: wherein the flexible sheet member and the elastic support member are bendable in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction; and wherein, in a stand-by state in which the conveyance device does not convey the recording medium, the conveyance device drives the endless belt for a predetermined distance in the direction opposite to the conveyance direction, and stops the endless belt, thereby bending the flexible sheet member and the elastic support member in the direction opposite to the conveyance direction.