Patent ID: 9156267
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a recording portion having a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium; a cap unit that is capable of reciprocating between a first position directly below the recording portion and a second position retracted in a horizontal direction from the first position and that caps the recording head at the first position; a wipe unit that is capable of reciprocating between the first position and the second position and that performs a recovering process of the recording head at the first position; a wipe moving mechanism that moves the wipe unit in the horizontal direction; a wipe lifting mechanism that is disposed below the wipe unit and moves the wipe unit in an up-down direction; and a carriage that is disposed below the wipe lifting mechanism and supports the wipe lifting mechanism and the wipe unit, wherein the wipe lifting mechanism includes a support arm that rises or lies down by swinging; the wipe unit is, at the second position, arranged below the cap unit; in a case where the recovering process of the recording head is performed by means of the wipe unit, the wipe unit is moved from the second position to the first position by means of the wipe moving mechanism with the cap unit left at the second position, and then the wipe unit is lifted up by means of bringing the support arm of the wipe lifting mechanism from a lying-down state into a risen state; and in a case where capping is performed with respect to the recording head by means of the cap unit, the wipe unit and the cap unit are moved from the second position to the first position by means of the wipe moving mechanism, with the cap unit located over the wipe unit, and then the wipe unit and the cap unit are lifted up by means of bringing the support arm of the wipe lifting mechanism from the lying-down state into the risen state.