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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Noritsugu Ito, Tokoname, JP;
Yoichi Shikai, Nagoya, JP;
Wataru Sugiyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Naokazu Tanahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Noritsugu Ito, Tokoname, JP;
Yoichi Shikai, Nagoya, JP;
Wataru Sugiyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Naokazu Tanahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus, including a movable support member which includes a supporting portion that supports a recording medium fed on a platen and which is slid in a feeding direction so as to the recording medium, wherein the movable support member includes an ink receiving portion which is provided such that a clearance is formed between the ink receiving portion and the supporting portion, which is relatively low in height, and which receives ink droplets ejected to an outside of the recording medium, or wherein the supporting portion includes: a step portion having a transfer preventing face which prevents adhering ink from transferring upward; and an ink receiving face continuous to the transfer preventing face and extending in a generally horizontal direction so as to receive ink droplets ejected to an outside of the recording medium.