Patent ID: 6942314

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus for performing recording by an inkjet head, the inkjet head including: a nozzle member having a plurality of nozzle arrays; a wiring member; a head substrate whose surface is provided with the nozzle member and the wiring member in an integrated form; and a depression provided between the nozzle member and the wiring member in a direction of relative movement between the nozzle member and a wiper, wherein the wiper is provided for wiping the nozzle member of the inkjet head, and the wiper relatively moves in a direction crossing the nozzle arrays and wipes the surface of the nozzle member as well as the surface of the wiring member, and wherein a gap is formed between the nozzle member and the wiring member and is filled with an insulating member and the depression is formed of the gap between the nozzle member and the wiring member and a surface of the insulating member.