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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1997
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Tajika, Yokohama, JP;
Miyuki Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Noribumi Koitabashi, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Kanemitsu, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a plurality of ink jet recording heads for executing color recording, a recovery structure for maintaining and recovering a discharge state with respect to the plurality of recording heads, and a waste ink collecting container for collecting waste ink discharged from the recovery structure. The recovery structure has a plurality of waste ink collecting routes to the collecting container in accordance with each of the plurality of recording heads, and the plurality of waste ink collecting routes are disposed so as to discharge a predetermined kind of waste ink and other plural kinds of waste ink to different portions of the collecting container, respectively.