Patent ID: 7824007

Claim:
A liquid ejection device, comprising: a conveyance mechanism which conveys a recording medium in one direction; a plurality of liquid ejection heads each having an ejection face which has a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid and faces the conveyance mechanism, the liquid ejection heads being arranged along the one direction; a plurality of wipers which wipe the ejection faces of the liquid ejection heads, respectively; a holder which holds the wipers; a support which supports the holder; and a movement mechanism which moves the holder in a direction perpendicular to the one direction so that the wipers move in the perpendicular direction while abutting the ejection faces, respectively; wherein: the holder is displaceable in the one direction relative to the support; and the holder has an intruder which intrudes into a gap between two liquid ejection heads adjacent to each other when the holder is moved by the movement mechanism in the perpendicular direction.