Patent ID: 8172362

Claim:
An image recording apparatus including an idle ejection receiving part for receiving idle-ejected waste liquid from a liquid jet head and a waste liquid tank provided below the idle ejection receiving part for collecting the waste liquid dropping from the idle ejection receiving part, the image recording apparatus comprising: a roller rotating around a driving axle having a peripheral surface for rotating and receiving the waste liquid; a wiping member that contacts or faces the peripheral surface for wiping the waste liquid on the peripheral surface of the rotating member, the wiping member including an L-shaped arm having a first straight part and a second straight part, the first straight part being connected to one end of the second straight part and perpendicularly intersected by the second straight part, a blade attached to the first straight part of the L-shaped arm, and a gear attached to the driving axle provided at a center part of the roller, the other end of the second straight part of the L-shaped arm being attached to the gear; and a control part configured to cause the blade to rotatably move around a center of the gear from a first position contacting the roller to a second position contacting the roller but different from the first position, along the peripheral surface of the roller wherein the L-shaped arm connects the blade to the gear, which is attached to the driving axle of the roller, and the roller leaned by the blade, and wherein, by rotating the roller in a state in which the blade is positioned at the first position, the peripheral surface of the roller is cleaned by the blade while causing waste liquid to fall to a first specific position of the waste liquid tank, and by rotating the roller in a state in which the blade is moved around the center of the gear of the roller to the second position, the peripheral surface of the roller is cleaned by the blade while causing the waste liquid to fall to a second specific position of the waste liquid tank.