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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Tetsuya Matsuzaki, Fukuoka, JP;
Shinichi Kitamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsuba, Fukuoka, JP;
Kensei Otsubo, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial, Co. Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus ejects ink from recording heads to a recording paper, thereby attaching the ink to the medium for recording. The apparatus includes a carriage driving motor, a transfer motor, a scanner which reciprocates a carriage having the recording heads in a scanning direction, and a transfer machine. The transfer machine transfers the recording paper in a transfer direction perpendicular to the scanning direction. Both of the motors are located at approximately the same place in an ejecting direction of ink from the heads to the paper, and at the same height of a transfer path of the paper or on the carriage side with respect to the transfer path. A single ink supply tube supplies ink in a greater amount per unit time than other ink supply tubes. At least a part of the ink supply tube has a larger diameter than the other ink supplies tubes.