Patent ID: 8474950

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a conveyor which includes a circumferential wall, and which conveys a recording medium placed on an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall with rotation of the circumferential wall; a recording head including an ejection surface where a plurality of nozzles are open, which records an image to a recording medium being conveyed by the conveyor by ejecting at least one liquid droplet from the nozzles, the ejection surface being positioned so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall, wherein the circumferential wall includes a tube shaped base, and one or more detachable plates detachably attached to an external surface of the base such that the external surface of the base has an exposed region where the base is partly exposed; a head controller which controls the recording head so as to eject at least one liquid droplet onto the exposed region; and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the exposed region, wherein the cleaning mechanism is configured to move a blade across the exposed region in a width direction of the circumferential wall while bringing the blade in contact with the exposed region.