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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2003
Yasuo Miyauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Miyauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus, capable of preventing defective idle suction, comprises a cap movable toward/away from an ejection port surface of a recording head for capping/uncapping the ejection port surface, an absorbing member chamber opened to the ejection port surface, a suction port formed through the bottom of the absorbing member chamber, an ink suction device connected to the suction port, and an ink absorbing member disposed in the absorbing member chamber. In the apparatus, the absorbing member comprises a first absorbing portion covering approximately the entire region in the absorbing member chamber and a second absorbing portion in intimate contact with the suction port.
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