Patent ID: 7866790

Claim:
A maintenance device for maintaining a liquid ejection head in a liquid ejection apparatus in which the liquid ejection head has a nozzle forming surface provided with nozzles that eject a liquid, the maintenance device comprising: a wiper including a wiper member formed from an elastic material, with the wiper being movable in a wiping direction that is parallel to the nozzle forming surface in a state in which the wiper member is in contact with the nozzle forming surface to wipe the nozzle forming surface; and an urging member which urges the wiper in a direction in which the wiper member becomes contactable with the nozzle forming surface, wherein the wiper includes a wiper body having a distal end and a proximal end, with the wiper member being arranged on the distal end of the wiper body, and a wiper stopping lever having a distal end and a proximal end, with the proximal end of the wiper stopping lever being pivotally connected to the proximal end of the wiper body in a state in which an upper limit of an opening angle relative to the wiper body is restricted, and the urging member urges the wiper body and the wiper stopping lever in a direction that increases the opening angle.