Patent ID: 6189998
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recovery device for making recovery of recording means mounted on carriage means which can reciprocate, said recovery device comprising capping means for capping an ink discharge portion of said recording means when not in use, and wiping means for wiping out the ink discharge portion of said recording means with a movement of said carriage means,wherein said wiping means and said capping means are independently operable, andwherein said wiping means is disposed at an area outside said capping means relative to the recording area, said wiping means is supported by supporting means, the supporting means being adjusted to abut to a carriage for mounting said recording means, and a portion of said carriage and said supporting means are abutted to each other to retract and separate said wiping means from said ink discharge portion of said recording means immediately before said wiping means completes a cleaning of said ink discharge portion, when said wiping means wipes the ink discharge portion of said recording means by a movement of said carriage from the recording area a to a non-recording area.