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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2024
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink collection tray and a cleaning liquid feeding mechanism. The ink collection tray is disposed opposite the recording head to collect ink pushed out onto the ink ejection surface of the recording head. The cleaning liquid feeding mechanism feeds a cleaning liquid onto the ink collection tray. The ink collection tray has a cleaning liquid catching portion, a cleaning liquid spreading portion, a waste ink catching portion, and a waste ink discharge portion, and has a downward slope from the cleaning liquid catching portion toward the waste ink discharge portion. The waste ink catching portion has formed in it a plurality of grooves with a V-shaped cross section extending along the downward slope. The cleaning liquid spreading portion has formed on it a pair of ribs that spreads in a fan shape from the cleaning liquid catching portion toward the waste ink catching portion.
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