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

Claim 0:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
a nozzle surface from which an ink is ejected;
a supply port which supplies a cleaning liquid for cleaning the nozzle surface;
a conveyance unit which conveys a sheet along a conveyance path facing the nozzle surface;
a first moving device which arranges the nozzle surface and the conveyance unit in an image forming position in which an image forming operation is performed and a retreat position in which a distance between the nozzle surface and the conveyance unit is larger than the distance in the image forming position;
a cap having a recessed part whose upper surface is opened and a discharge port through which the liquid dropped in the recessed part is discharged;
a second moving device which arranges the cap, the nozzle surface and the supply port in a covering position in which the cap covers the nozzle surface and the supply port and in a non-covering position in which the cap and the nozzle surface are separated from each other; and
a controller which controls the first moving device to arrange the nozzle surface and the conveyance unit in the retreat position, then controls the second moving device to arrange the cap, the nozzle surface and the supply port in the covering position, then controls such that the cleaning liquid is discharged from the supply port to the cap, and then controls such that the ink is purged from the nozzle surface to the cap, wherein
a bottom portion of the recessed part is inclined from a position facing the supply port in the covering position to a position of the discharge port.