Patent ID: 7984961
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet type image recording apparatus which records an image by jetting an ink onto a medium, the apparatus comprising: a recording head having a nozzle surface in which a plurality of nozzles which jets the ink is formed; a first cap covering the nozzles to prevent the ink inside the nozzles from drying, and including a first lip portion which makes a contact with the nozzle surface when the first cap covers the nozzles; a second cap covering the nozzle surface and including a second lip portion which makes a contact with the nozzle surface when the second cap covers the nozzles, and which has a stiffness higher than a stiffness of the first lip portion; and a suction mechanism which is connected to the second cap to suck the ink from the nozzles through the second cap.