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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Masaru Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Takatsuka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Houjou, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaru Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Takatsuka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Houjou, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head which ejects an aqueous ultraviolet-curable ink toward a recording surface of a recording medium; a holding and drying unit including: a suction holding drum which conveys the recording medium while holding a back surface side of the recording medium by suction through suction holes formed in an outer circumferential surface of the drum; and a hot air flow drying device disposed to face the outer circumferential surface of the drum; a transfer conveyance device which is arranged at a downstream side of the holding and drying unit and conveys the recording medium while holding a leading end of the recording medium and curving the back surface side in a convex shape; and a fixing unit including an ultraviolet light irradiation device which is arranged at a downstream side of the transfer conveyance device and irradiates ultraviolet light onto the image.