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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Shigeru Okamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus comprises a recording head having in a surface thereof ink discharge openings for discharging ink and a first cleaning member disposed at a non-recording area offset from a recording area and opposed to the recording head for removing foreign matter including ink by scrubbing the surface. A second cleaning member is disposed at a side area of the recording head for scrubbingly cleaning foreign matter including ink adhered to said first cleaning member. The second cleaning member has an introducing path into which is introduced the foreign matter including ink adhered to the first cleaning member and an absorbing member disposed at an end portion of the introducing path for collecting the foreign matter including ink introduced into the introducing path from the first cleaning member. In the apparatus different color inks are cleaned by the first cleaning member in the order of a lighter ink to a darker ink color.