Patent ID: 7735956

Claim:
A recovery device for a nozzle head that has a nozzle face in which a plurality of nozzle groups are formed, the recovery device comprising: a cap configured to cover the nozzle face in which a plurality of nozzle groups are formed; and a cap holder supporting the cap; wherein the cap includes: a sealing lip being configured to sealingly contact the nozzle face in a state in which the sealing lip covers the nozzle groups; a plurality of partitioning lips that partition an inside area surrounded by the sealing lip into a plurality of compartments corresponding to the respective nozzle groups; and a plurality of suction openings provided in the respective compartments, liquid can be exhausted through the suction openings; and wherein a common flow path, which is communicated with suction openings of some or all compartments and connects the suction openings to a negative pressure source, is formed in the cap or in the cap holder, or by a space containing faces of the cap and the cap holder opposed to each other.