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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Yukihiro Niekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Niekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Clogging of an ink-jetting opening is more reliably prevented, by inkjet recording apparatushaving recording heads-each having an ink-jetting surfacein which an ink-jetting opening for jetting photo-curable ink toward a recording medium K is formed, light emitting devicesandwhich emit light rays onto ink landed on the surface of recording medium K, platenwhich supports recording medium K from its back side under a condition that recording medium K is faced to recording heads-and light emitting devicesand, and box memberandwhich prevent the light rays received from light emitting devicefrom reflecting toward ink-jetting surface, wherein box memberandare placed at the side of recording medium K, and are closer to light emitting devicethan the rear surface of recording medium K.