Patent ID: 8075109

Claim:
An inkjet printer, comprising: a plurality of recording heads to jet ink onto a recording medium; an ink distributing device to distribute the ink to the plurality of recording heads, the ink distributing device having a damping effect on the ink, the ink distributing device including: an ink chamber to store the ink therein; an inlet section comprising an ink inlet port through which the ink is fed from an outside into the ink chamber; and an outlet section comprising a plurality of ink outlet ports through which the ink is discharged from the ink chamber; and a plurality of supplying pipes to distribute the ink from the plurality of outlet ports to the plurality of recording heads, wherein the ink inlet port is located at an upper side of the ink distributing device and the plurality of ink outlet ports are located at a lower side of the ink distributing device, wherein the outlet section has a plurality of exit ports at an upper end of the ink chamber and a plurality of outlet conduits which connect the plurality of exit ports with the plurality of ink outlet ports, and wherein the ink chamber has an inner wall surface which is inclined toward the plurality of exit ports provided at the upper end.