Patent ID: 11932018
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a cleaning unit which cleans the nozzle surface;
a third moving device which arranges the cleaning unit and the nozzle surface in a cleaning position in which the cleaning unit cleans the nozzle surface and a non-cleaning position in which the cleaning unit and the nozzle surface are separated from each other farther than the cleaning position, wherein
the controller controls such that the ink is purged in the cap, then controls the third moving device to arrange the cleaning unit and the nozzle surface in the cleaning position, then controls the cleaning unit to clean the nozzle surface, then controls the third moving device to arrange the cleaning unit and the nozzle surface in the non-cleaning position, and then controls the second moving device to arrange the cap, the nozzle surface and the supply port in the covering position.