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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Kikunosuke Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus which discharges ink onto a recording medium to form an image, the inkjet recording apparatus including: a recording head having a nozzle for discharging ink; a conveying belt for supporting a recording medium and conveying the recording medium to a position facing the nozzle; a cleaning roller for cleaning the conveying belt; a cleaning liquid storage section for storing cleaning liquid to be applied to the cleaning roller; a contamination detector for detecting a density of contamination of the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage section; a liquid supplying section for controlling supply of cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid storage section in accordance with a density of contamination detected by the contamination detector; and a liquid draining section for draining at least a part of the cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid storage section.