Patent ID: 8746864

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a nozzle that discharges ink used for printing; an ink container in which the ink is stored; a feed pump that pumps the ink to the nozzle; a recovery pump that collects the ink into the ink container; and a filter arranged between the nozzle and the ink container, the filter being adapted to filter the ink, wherein: the filter includes an upper capsule member having a central connecting port and a peripheral connecting port, a lower capsule member joined to the upper capsule member to form a capsule, and a filter medium for filtering the ink, the filter medium being arranged within the capsule that is formed by joining the upper capsule member and the lower capsule member together, the peripheral connecting port is connected to the ink container side and the central connecting port is connected to the nozzle side, the upper capsule member has a pipe section that extends, within the capsule, from the peripheral connecting port to the vicinity of the bottom surface of the lower capsule member, and the ink supplied from the peripheral connecting port via the pipe section is filtered by the filter medium, and the filtered ink is output from the central connecting port.