Patent ID: 8562103
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recovery apparatus for recovering an ejection state of an ejection opening, comprising: a cap member configured to seal an ejection surface of a droplet ejection head for ejecting a droplet from the ejection opening; a blade for wiping the ejection surface of the droplet ejection head; and an absorber configured to be mounted in the cap member and to absorb ink attached to the ejection surface, so that the ink within a sealed space is suctioned and discharged, when the ejection surface is sealed with the cap member, the absorber including: wherein the first absorbing part and the second absorbing part are formed as one-body and having a stepwise shape, the first gap is greater than the second gap, each of the longitudinal direction of the blade and the cap member is arranged parallel with the ejection opening array direction, the blade wiping the ejection surface of the droplet ejection head along a moving direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the ejection opening array direction, the projected portion is provided at an upstream side of the ejection opening array in the moving direction of the blade for wiping the ejection surface and no other projected portion is provided at a downstream side of the ejection opening array in the moving direction of the blade for wiping the ejection surface.