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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Yasushi Kuribayashi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masashi Hiroki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Satoshi Kaiho, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasushi Kuribayashi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masashi Hiroki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Satoshi Kaiho, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet heads, a common supply pipe, a common collection pipe and an ink tank device. The common supply pipe includes an upper inner wall from one end side in a longitudinal direction to the other end side, which is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction from the one end side to the other end side if an ink flow direction and opposite direction of a gravitational force are defines as positive axes. The common collection pipe is supplied with the ink from the common supply pipe at one end side in the longitudinal direction. The ink tank device supplies the ink to the one end side of the common supply pipe, and collects the ink from the common collection pipe.