Patent ID: 8313166

Claim:
A cleaning device for ink wiper, the cleaning device being arranged in a position adjacent to the wiper which is reciprocally movable, the cleaning device comprising: a bracket, having a rail; a slide rack, having a projecting pin slidably positioned and movable in the rail of the bracket; a stand, arranged on a carrier fixed on the bracket; and an ink-absorbing unit disposed on the stand, in a reciprocation travel of the wiper, the ink-absorbing unit serving to clean off ink drops remaining on the wiper, wherein the carrier has a guide channel, the stand has a leg section slidably fitted in the guide channel, and when the slide rack is pushed by a main body equipped with a printing head to reciprocate, the stand and the ink-absorbing unit reciprocate along the guide channel while the projecting pin moves within and reciprocate along the rail, and the wiper moves vertically relative to the stand and the ink-absorbing unit.