Patent ID: 9457577
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An inkjet recording device, comprising: a wiping unit, which includes a blade, and the wiping unit wipes off ink by sliding a distal end portion of the blade on a nozzle surface of an inkjet head; and a cleaning unit, which includes an outflow portion for discharging a cleaning liquid, and the outflow portion is disposed at an upper side in a height direction higher than the distal end portion of the blade, and the outflow portion has a discharge port with a width narrower than a width of the blade, and the cleaning liquid is poured from the discharge port toward a portion of a width direction of the distal end portion of the blade, and among plate surfaces of the blade, at least a plate surface of the blade adhered by the ink wiped off from the nozzle surface is cleaned by pouring the cleaning liquid on the blade, wherein the wiping unit includes a supporting member which supports the plate surface of the blade; the supporting member includes step portions, and the step portions have a predetermined length and are disposed at a lower side than the distal end portion of the blade in the height direction, after the distal end portion of the blade is poured by the cleaning liquid, the cleaning liquid flows from the distal end portion of the blade toward the lower side in the height direction, and the step portions spread the cleaning liquid in a width direction of the plate surface of the blade; the step portions are disposed in a position in the height direction that the cleaning liquid is capable of being spread toward a wide region of the plate surface of the blade other than the portion of the width direction of the distal end portion of the blade.