Patent ID: 7137695

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head for jetting ultraviolet ray curable ink onto a recording medium, an ultraviolet ray emitting device, for emitting ultraviolet rays onto the ultraviolet ray curable ink deposited on the recording medium, and for hardening and fixing the ultraviolet ray curable ink, including; a light source which emits ultraviolet rays, a first reflecting section for reflecting the ultraviolet rays emitted from the light source, onto the recording medium, and a second reflecting section which is installed within the first reflecting section at an angle in such a manner that the closer the second reflecting section is to the recording medium, the farther the second reflecting section is distanced from the recording head, for preventing the ultraviolet rays from approaching the ultraviolet ray curable ink in the recording head, and behind the second reflecting section, a space for trapping stray ultraviolet rays diffused from the recording medium is formed.