Patent ID: 7497548
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a printing head having a nozzle member comprising a plurality of nozzle holes which emit ink; and a capping device to collect ink ejected from the nozzle hole by covering the nozzle hole, comprising: an interconnected cell type porous elastic member to contact with a surface of the nozzle member at a peripheral area of the nozzle hole, a recessed area not to block up the nozzle hole of the printing head on a surface of the porous elastic member which contacts with the surface of the nozzle member, a base member to house the porous elastic member, and a suction device communicated to the recessed area of the porous elastic member to suction ink from the nozzle hole, wherein the suction device suctions the ink from the nozzle and from the porous elastic member which soaks the ink on the surface of the nozzle member when the porous elastic member is in contact with the surface of the nozzle member.