Patent ID: 8025391

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a feeding device including: a plurality of belt rollers; and an endless feeder belt which is wound around the belt rollers and which has an outer circumferential surface comprising a downward-facing surface and an upward-facing surface both of which hold a recording medium to feed the recording medium; a medium supply device which makes the recording medium held on the downward-facing surface of the feeder belt with a recording surface of the recording medium facing downward, the downward-facing surface being a portion of the outer circumferential surface which portion faces downward and extends from the lowest end of one of the belt rollers to the lowest end of another of the belt rollers; a remover which removes foreign matter on the recording surface of the recording medium as being held on the downward-facing surface and which is opposed to the downward-facing surface; and an inkjet head which has a nozzle from which a droplet of ink is ejected onto the recording surface of the recording medium as being held on the upward-facing surface of the feeder belt, the upward-facing surface being a portion of the outer circumferential surface which faces upward.