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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mutsuo Fukuoka, Ama-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 33 ; 347 31 ;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head, a wiper blade for wiping a nozzle plane of the ink jet head and an ink absorbing member in coupled movement with the wiper blade for absorbing and removing the ink adhered to the wiper blade. The wiper blade wipes the ink jet head over a first overlap width. A second overlap width over which the wiper blade and the ink absorbing member contact is made larger than the first overlap width over which the wiper blade and the ink jet head contact. Therefore, the ink absorbing member comes into full contact with the wiper blade such that the ink is completely absorbed and removed by the ink absorbing member.