Patent ID: 8851626

Claim:
A cap device provided in an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer including a carriage movable in a main scanning direction between a printing position and a wait position; a first ink head unit having a bottom surface on which an inkjet nozzle is provided, the first ink head unit being mounted on the carriage; and a second ink head unit having a bottom surface on which an inkjet nozzle is provided, the second ink head unit being mounted on the carriage; the cap device comprising: a base member; a first table provided so as not to be movable in the main scanning direction with respect to the base member; a first cap provided on the first table, the first cap being closely contactable with the bottom surface of the first ink head unit by being raised; a first guide member which has a first contact surface directed in a second direction, and is provided on the first table, where a direction in the main scanning direction that approaches the wait position is a first direction and a direction in the main scanning direction that is distanced from the wait position is the second direction; a second table provided so as to be movable in the main scanning direction with respect to the base member; a second cap provided on the second table, the second cap being closely contactable with the bottom surface of the second ink head unit by being raised; a second guide member which has a second contact surface located on the side of the first direction with respect to the first contact surface and directed in the second direction, and is provided on the second table; a third guide member which has a third contact surface facing the first contact surface, is provided on the first ink head unit, and protrudes downward from the carriage; and a fourth guide member which has a fourth contact surface located on the side of the first direction with respect to the third contact surface and facing the second contact surface, is provided on the second ink head unit, and protrudes downward from the carriage; wherein the first, second, third and fourth guide members are arranged such that when the carriage moves in the first direction, the second contact surface and the fourth contact surface contact each other and after this, the first contact surface and the third contact surface contact each other.