Patent ID: 8801159

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head comprising an ejection surface in which an ejection port, which is configured to eject ink toward a recording medium conveyed by a conveying member in a conveyance direction, is formed; a first wall configured to oppose the ejection surface; a second wall configured to enclose surroundings of the ejection surface; a first wall moving unit configured to move the first wall between a first position at which the first wall opposes the ejection surface, and is spaced apart from the ejection surface, and a second position at which the first wall does not oppose the ejection surface; and a second wall moving unit configured to move the second wall between a third position at which the second wall is in contact with the first wall positioned at the first position and a fourth position at which the second wall is not in contact with the first wall positioned at the first position and at which a distance between the second wall and the conveying member is greater than a distance between the ejection surface and the conveying member, and wherein an attitude of the first wall positioned at the second position and an attitude of the first wall at the first position are different, and wherein the first wall positioned at the first position and the second wall positioned at the third position form a closed space, which covers the ejection port.