Patent ID: 8328324
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A maintenance device mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head including nozzles that ejects liquid, the maintenance device maintaining the liquid ejection head, the device comprising: a plurality of wipers capable of wiping a nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejection head in which the nozzles are formed; a selecting portion that selects at least one of the wipers and applies a wiping force, which allows wiping of the nozzle forming surface, to the selected wiper but not to the wipers other than the selected wiper when the plurality of wipers are opposed to the nozzle forming surface; and a driver that drives a first wiper selected by the selecting portion and a second wiper not selected by the selecting portion movably in a wiping direction parallel with the nozzle forming surface in a state in which the first wiper and the second wiper are opposed to the nozzle forming surface.