Patent ID: 7322670

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus that carries out recording by jetting ink onto a recording medium by using an ink cartridge of inkjet type which ejects ink from an ink jetting hole, the inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a base fixedly disposed near a home position of the ink cartridge; a slider that moves back and forth with respect to the base in a direction of a movement direction of the ink cartridge; and a cap disposed on the slider at a side opposing a head surface of the ink cartridge and being formed of an elastic member which is opened on an upper end portion thereof, narrowed at a middle portion thereof, and widened toward a lower end portion thereof, the upper end portion being configured to cover the head surface of the ink cartridge, wherein the cap is formed in a double structure having an inner opening and an outer opening at the upper end portion, and an upper end of the inner opening is formed to be lower than an upper end of the outer opening, wherein the cap is formed in a double structure at a portion from the middle portion to the lower end portion, the double structure having a cylindrical supporting part being communicated at an upper end thereof with the inner opening and having a bottom end portion being formed with an attaching part thereon; and a skirt part that widens from the middle portion toward the lower end portion.