Patent ID: 8029127

Claim:
An inkjet apparatus for double-side recording, comprising: liquid ejection heads which are disposed on either side of a recording medium and face each other across the recording medium, the liquid ejection heads ejecting liquid onto recording surfaces of the recording medium; conveyance devices which hold the recording medium in such a manner that a normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal, and convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction in such a manner that the recording surfaces face ejection surfaces of the liquid ejection heads; end supporting devices which support an upper end and a lower end of the recording medium, as the conveyance devices convey the recording medium in a horizontal direction while holding the recording medium in such a manner that the normal of each of the recording surfaces is substantially horizontal; and liquid recovery devices which are provided on surfaces of the liquid ejection heads facing each other, the liquid recovery device provided on the surface of one of the liquid ejection heads gathering the liquid ejected from an ejection surface of the other of the liquid ejection heads, wherein: at least one ejection opening, which is formed in each of the ejection surfaces, is provided on an upper side of each of the ejection surfaces; and at least one opening section for gathering the liquid in the liquid recovery devices is provided on a side lower than a position where the ejection opening is formed on each of the ejection surfaces.