Patent ID: 8500239

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording portion configured to record an image on a recording medium; an annular conveyance member having a face opposed to the recording portion, the face being capable of moving in a circumferential direction of the annular conveyance member while supporting the recording medium to convey the recording medium; a first wiper configured to wipe the face by moving relative to the face, while contacting the face, in an intersecting direction that intersects the circumferential direction; a second wiper configured to wipe the face by moving relative to the face in the circumferential direction while contacting the face; and a second-wiper controlling section configured to control the second wiper, wherein the face has a first area as a part of the face, the first area being an area at least a part of which is configured to be wiped by the first wiper, the first area comprising a grinding mark extending in the intersecting direction, wherein the face has a second area as part of the face different from the first area, the second area being an area at least a part of which is configured to be wiped by the second wiper, the second area having a grinding mark extending in the circumferential direction, and wherein the second-wiper controlling section is configured to control the second wiper such that the wiping of the second wiper is performed before the wiping of the first wiper and such that a position at which the second wiper is released from the face when the wiping of the second wiper is completed is a position on the first area.