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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Takayuki Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a restoration device for executing restoration of a discharge opening through which ink is discharged for recording; an openable cover for covering a recording device relevant to the recording; a detecting device for detecting whether said cover is in an open state or a close state; a switch provided in a position in which said switch is covered with said cover when said cover is in the close state and can be turned on when said cover is in the open state; and a control device for controlling the execution of the restoration of said discharge opening by said restoration device, if said detecting device detects that said cover is in the open state, and said switch is turned on.
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