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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Chikara Ishihara, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Somete, Osaka, JP;
Issei Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Jun Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Hiroomi Nakatsuji, Osaka, JP;
Aiichiro Otana, Osaka, JP;
Takuma Araki, Osaka, JP;
Noriaki Furukawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasutaka Inui, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt, a conveyance plate, a suction unit, an inkjet head, and a cleaning unit. The conveyance belt has a plurality of through holes. The suction unit causes the conveyance belt to suck the sheet. The conveyance plate includes a plurality of through holes formed in bottom portions of the plurality of recessed portions. The inkjet head includes a head main body and a head end portion adjacent to the head main body, and faces an upper surface of the conveyance plate via the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit removes ink adhering to a lower surface of the head main body. A ratio of the recessed portions per unit area in a facing region of the conveyance plate facing the head end portion is smaller than a ratio of the recessed portions per unit area in a region other than the facing region.