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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording onto a recording medium using an ink jet recording head which discharges ink, comprises a conveyor for conveying the recording medium, a head mount means for mounting an ink jet recording head, a fan for generating an air flow for transporting ink which is generated by ink discharged from the ink jet recording head, floating in the inside of the ink jet recording apparatus, and unused for recording, the fan being disposed in the downstream of the air flow, and an air guiding member for guiding the air flow in said ink jet recording apparatus to the fan, said air guiding member being provided with an aperture section for sucking the air flow into said air guiding member, and removably connected to the sucking the of said fan.