Patent ID: 6390592
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus having a carriage which mounts an ink jet recording head for discharging ink through an ink discharge port and having conveying means for conveying a recording medium, the carriage moving between a recording position where said carriage is opposed to the recording medium and a capping position where said carriage is opposed to a cap for covering said ink discharge port, said ink jet recording apparatus comprising:a cap holder for holding said cap for covering said ink discharge port; a cap slider for movably holding said cap holder for elastically biasing said cap toward said ink jet recording head at said capping position and moving in the same direction as a moving direction of said carriage in association with the movement of said carriage upon the movement of said carriage to said capping position; a first positioning member provided on said cap slider to position said cap slider to said carriage, said first positioning member positioning said cap slider in a first direction which is a moving direction of said carriage and positioning said cap slider in a second direction which is a conveyance direction of the recording medium; and a second positioning member provided on said cap slider to position said cap slider to said carriage, said second positioning member positioning said cap slider in said second direction.