Patent ID: 7410238

Claim:
An ink recording apparatus, operable to eject ink to a medium transported in a transport path in a transport direction, the ink recoding apparatus comprising: an ink head, including a nozzle on a bottom surface opposed to the transport path, and operable to eject the ink from the nozzle to the medium; a holder, adapted to hold the ink head and to cover the bottom surface, and including a first opening corresponding to the nozzle; an absorber, adapted to cover a part of the holder which is opposed to the transport path and is adjacent to the first opening, and including a second opening corresponding to the nozzle; and a mask, adapted to be arranged between the absorber and the transport path, and including a third opening corresponding to the nozzle, wherein at least one of an end portion of the second opening and an end portion of the third opening protrudes greater than an end portion of the first opening at least in the transport direction and an opposing direction opposed to the transport direction.