Patent ID: 8534809

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a carriage configured to mount a recording head and to move in a carriage movement direction for recording; an ink passage member configured to supply ink to the recording head; a connecting member, mounted on the carriage, configured to move to a connecting position where the ink passage member is connected to the recording head and to a disconnecting position where the ink passage member is not connected to the recording head; an operating member configured to move the connecting member to the connecting position by moving to a first position and to move the connecting member to the disconnecting position by moving to a second position, and a sliding member, provided on the carriage and extended toward the carriage movement direction, configured to slide with respect to the carriage to switch between a first state, in which the operating member is permitted to move from the first position to the second position, and a second state in which the operating member is prevented from moving from the first position to the second position, the sliding member being slid by a movement of the carriage in the carriage movement direction.