Patent ID: 8727486

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an ejecting head including a nozzle from which an ink is ejected; a cap member configured to suction the nozzle of the ejecting head; a wiper member configured to wipe ink from a surface of the nozzle of the ejecting head; a liquid receiving member provided between the wiper member and the cap member and having a hollow shape; a wiper cleaning portion integrally formed with the liquid receiving member and configured to remove an ink attached to the wiper member when the wiper member is pressed against the wiper cleaning portion, a scraping member actuated in a longitudinal direction of the wiper cleaning portion reciprocatively, and configured to scrape ink adhered to an inner surface of the wiper cleaning portion in the liquid receiving member; and a cleaning member configured to remove ink accumulated at a tip portion of the scraping member, wherein the scraping member is swingably supported by a pivot provided at a lower edge portion of the liquid receiving member, said pivot supporting a lower end of the scraping member, the scraping member reciprocatively moves so as to collect the ink adhered to the inner surface of the wiper cleaning portion at the tip portion of the scraping member, the cleaning member is provided above at least one of two end sides of the liquid receiving member so as to move to and away from the wiper cleaning portion for removing the ink adhered to the tip portion of the scraping member, the cleaning member is configured to move upwardly and downwardly between a cleaning position to clean the tip portion of the scraping member and an away position, based on a reciprocative movement of the scraping member, said cleaning member being configured to move to the away position when the scraping member moves toward the cleaning member, and said cleaning member being configured to move to the cleaning position to clean the tip portion of the scraping member when the scraping member reaches a position directly below the cleaning member, and the cleaning member has a plate shape including a bottom face that is substantially horizontal, and when the cleaning member is in the cleaning position, the substantially horizontal bottom face of the cleaning member is positioned above the scraping member and contacts at least a portion of the ink adhered to the tip portion of the scraping member, for transferring the ink from the scraping member to the cleaning member to avoid the ink to be adhered and deposited on the top side of the cleaning member.