Patent ID: 7438383
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a carriage which is moved while mounting a recording head for recording on a material to be recorded by ejecting ink; a conveying roller which conveys the material to a position opposite to the recording head; a chassis which rotatably holds said conveying roller; a guide shaft, positionally fixed to said chassis, to slidably support said carriage; a DC motor which drives said carriage; a code strip arranged parallel to said guide shaft, said code strip indicating a position of said carriage; a regulating member positionally fixed to an internal surface of said chassis, said regulating member being arranged at an end in a movement range of said carriage, to regulate the movement of said carriage and become a home position of the carriage movement by the abutment of said carriage on said regulating member; and a wiping member which wipes a nozzle surface of the recording head; a second motor which drives said wiping member; and control means which executes such a control that while said DC motor is driven to press said carriage against said regulating member, said second motor is driven to cause said wiping member to wipe the nozzle surface of the recording head.