Patent ID: 9597878
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head having an ink discharge surface and configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium; a wiper blade configured to clean the ink discharge surface of the recording head; and a controller configured to cause the wiper blade to wipe ink off the ink discharge surface by causing the wiper blade to be pushed against the ink discharge surface and move in a predetermined movement direction, wherein the wiper blade includes a protrusion protruding in the predetermined movement direction, the protrusion has an ink retaining surface that faces the ink discharge surface while the wiper blade wipes ink off the ink discharge surface, the ink retaining surface is the front surface of the wiper blade moves the ink on the ink discharge surface while the wiper blade moves in the movement direction, and the protrusion has a groove extending in a direction perpendicular to a short direction of the ink discharge surface.