Patent ID: 7766450
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head that discharges an ink from a plurality of nozzles constituting a nozzle train to a recording medium; a cap that covers a portion of a nozzle surface of the recording head with a hollow cap member, wherein the portion covered by the cap defines a nozzle region and the nozzle region is a region in which the plurality of nozzles are located; and a wiper that wipes the nozzle surface of the recording head with a wiper member by a relative movement of the wiper member with respect to the recording head, wherein the wiper member includes a first portion that guides a foreign matter swept away by the wiper member to an outside of the nozzle region provided with the nozzle train during at least the relative movement of the wiper member, and wherein the first portion is previously formed with a rearward inclination or curve with respect to a direction of the movement of the wiper member.