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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Aya Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Aya Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus with a simple and inexpensive configuration, in which a relative position between a recording unit and a wiper can be controlled at an appropriate position in wiping a discharge port surface, is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus can securely perform the wiping, even if a convex part is formed on the discharge port surface. In wiping a discharge port surface, a wiper holder abuts onto a carriage or a recording unit to position not only a relative position between wipers and the carriage or the recording unit in a direction perpendicular to the discharge port surface, but also a relative position in the direction of discharge port arrays of the discharge port surface.