Patent classifications
B41J2/1728
Inkjet recording apparatus
A waste ink container includes: a side wall section surrounding a reservoir region; a plurality of receiving openings for receiving ink; a suction opening connected to a suction mechanism; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink; and a plurality of suction air passages defined by space in the reservoir region where the absorbing member is absent, connected to each of the plurality of receiving openings, and forming communication between the receiving opening as a connection destination and the suction opening to cause a suction airflow to pass therethrough generated in response to driving of the suction mechanism. A certain portion of at least one of the suction air passages is defined by space sandwiched between an air passage doubling portion forming a part of the side wall section and the absorbing member.
Inkjet recording device
In an inkjet recording device (1), an intermediate flow passage (53) is connected to a downstream section of a first flow passage (89), and is in communication with a recording head (52) and a second flow passage (90). A communicating flow passage (54) includes a first branch flow passage (54A) that supplies ink from the intermediate flow passage (53) to the recording head (52), a second branch flow passage (54B) that causes the ink to circulate from the recording head (52) to the second flow passage (90), and a third branch flow passage (54C) that causes the ink to flow from the intermediate flow passage (53) to the second flow passage (90). Opening/closing valves (96), (55A), (55B), (55C) are respectively provided to a third flow passage (91) and the first branch flow passage (54A), the second branch flow passage (54B), and the third branch flow passage (54C).