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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Hitoshi Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Hirano, Yokohama, JP;
Yoji Ara, Yokohama, JP;
Masaharu Ikado, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A suction recovery device of ink jet recording apparatus comprises a cap which can contact with or separate from a face formed with discharge ports for recording by discharging the ink, the cap communicating to a suction system for performing the suction recovery through the discharge ports via the cap, said cap having a groove portion for guiding ink, and formed of an elastic material integrally with an ink communication member for communicating to the suction system via a suction port provided on an inner wall of the cap, and said suction system having a cylinder and a piston reciprocating within the cylinder, and having disposed ink absorbing member in an ink exhaust portion within the cylinder.