Patent ID: 7753488
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus which jets droplets of an ink onto a recording medium, comprising: an ink-jet head which selectively jets the droplets of the ink, including a cavity unit in which a cavity and a plurality of nozzles which communicate with the cavity are formed, and an actuator which applies a jetting pressure to the ink in the cavity; a circuit board on which an electric circuit which is electrically connected to the actuator is formed, the circuit board being arranged on the ink-jet head on a side opposite to the nozzles; an ink supplying unit which is arranged between the ink-jet head and the circuit board, the ink supplying unit including an ink storage section which stores the ink to be supplied to the ink-jet head, an exhaust section which is connected to the ink storage section to remove air bubbles generated in the ink stored in the ink storage section, and a space formed in the ink supplying unit penetrating therethrough from a side of the ink-jet head of the ink supplying unit up to the circuit board, the space being formed between the ink storage section and the exhaust section; and two flexible flat cables which connect the actuator and the circuit board, the flexible flat cables including a first flexible flat cable which is wired to pass along a side, of the ink storage section, opposite to the exhaust section, and a second flexible flat cable which is drawn from the actuator to the other side, of the ink storage section, opposite to the first flexible flat cable to be wired to pass through the space.