Patent ID: 8292423

Claim:
A platen for supporting a recording medium under a recording head capable of performing image recording with ink droplets on the recording medium, while the recording medium is conveyed along a specified direction in a main body of an inkjet recording apparatus, the platen comprising: an ink absorbing member that absorbs ink, which is ejected from the recording head; a platen main body on which the ink absorbing member is placed; and a platen cover that is disposed on the platen main body so as to cover the ink absorbing member from above, the platen main body comprising: an ink receiving portion that receives ink; and an ink guiding portion that guides the ink received by the ink receiving portion to the ink absorbing member, wherein the platen cover extends, in the specified direction along which the recording medium is conveyed, from a position upstream from the ink absorbing member to a position downstream from the ink absorbing member to cover the ink absorbing member entirely.