Patent ID: 8430487

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a carriage that removably carries a recording head moves along a guide for recording; a flexible tube that establishes an ink passage from an ink tank to the recording head, the tube following a movement of the carriage for recording; a manipulating member rotatably disposed on the carriage and taking at least a first posture and a second posture with respect to the carriage; a joint portion disposed on the carriage and movable to a first position, at which communication for supplying ink to the recording head is established between the tube and the recording head, and a second position, at which the communication is interrupted, the joint portion being closer to the recording head at the first position than when the joint portion is at the second position; and a link mechanism that causes the manipulating member and the joint portion to operate in conjunction with each other such that the joint portion moves from the first position to the second position when the manipulating member is manipulated to rotate from the first posture to the second posture, and the joint portion moves from the second position to the first position when the manipulating member is manipulated to rotate from the second posture to the first posture, wherein a restoration force, produced by the tube and in a direction from the second position toward the first position, is applied to the joint portion such that the manipulating member remains in the second posture when the joint portion is at the second position.