Patent ID: 8201918

Claim:
An ink injecting apparatus comprising: a nozzle that is used for injecting ultraviolet-curable ink to a medium; an irradiation unit that includes an irradiation face for irradiating an ultraviolet ray to the ultraviolet-curable ink adhering to the medium; a rotary body that has a holding area for holding the medium and a non-holding area on a circumferential face, rotates with the circumferential face facing the irradiation face, and includes a touch member that moves to a position for touching the irradiation face and is brought into touch with the irradiation face in the non-holding area in accordance with rotation of the rotary body for removing the ultraviolet-curable ink adhering to the irradiation face, wherein a length of the touch member in a longitudinal direction is longer than a length of the irradiation unit in a scanning direction; and a cleaning solution supplying unit that supplies a cleaning solution to the irradiation face for adhering the cleaning solution to the irradiation face, wherein the touch member moves to the position for touching the irradiation face and is brought into touch with the irradiation face in accordance with rotation of the rotary body after the cleaning solution supplying unit supplies the cleaning solution to the irradiation face, wherein the cleaning solution supplying unit further includes a second nozzle, disposed in the non-holding area, that moves to the position for facing the irradiation face and injects the cleaning solution to the irradiation face in accordance with rotation of the rotary body, and wherein the touch member moves to the touching position and is brought into touch with the irradiation face in accordance with the rotation of the rotary body after the second nozzle moves to the facing position and injects the cleaning solution to the irradiation face in accordance with rotation of the rotary body.