Patent ID: 6286930
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A capping unit comprising:a slider which is pressed by a recording head or a carriage for carrying the recording head to follow the movement of the carriage while moved vertically in conformity with the movement of the carriage on a base;a holder receiving member which is accommodated in the slider, a central portion of the holder receiving member is rotatably supported by a shaft perpendicularly intersecting the moving direction of the carriage within a plane in parallel to a plane including the moving direction of the carriage;a holder urged by a spring toward the recording head at two places and accommodated in the holder receiving member;a cap which communicates with an atmospheric open valve and a pump unit and is held by the holder; andan ink absorbing sheet which is accommodated in the cap, and made of a porous material having a plurality of tongue pieces which are brought into contact with the bottom side of the sealing portion of the cap to such an extent that when the recording head is sealed up, the sealing condition is not impaired.